Tweet icon designed by Adame Dahmani from The Noun Project collection
“I really don’t know what I’m doing until people read what I’ve written and give me their reactions.”
—Joseph Heller
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 31, 2014
“Farewell, Massimo. Godspeed.”
We’ll continue to fight against the ugliness in your absence.”
—Duane King
Tweeted by @DuaneKing on May 27, 2014
“You could argue that you have some extraordinary insight,
but actually it’s just a very hard-working imagination.”
—William Trevor
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 22, 2014
“That is the dream of all novelists—that one of their characters will become ‘somebody.’”
—José Saramago
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 22, 2014
“Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.”
—Alexander Pope
Tweeted by @goodreads on May 21, 2014
“If someone demands an email reply, punish them.”
—Simon Kuper
Tweeted by @TimHarford on May 20, 2014
“I’m a reader who writes.”
—Maria Popova
Tweeted by @johnmaeda on May 17, 2014
“I approach the work as though, in truth,
I’m nothing and the words are everything.”
—Louise Erdrich
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 17, 2014
“Support everyone who tries to write
because their victories are your victories.”
—Ken Kesey
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 17, 2014
“Comparison can distract you from creating something
that is wholly your own.”
—Danielle Romero
Tweeted by @ryanevans on May 16, 2014
“At this very moment, some imagination is spawning something wonderful that might make us tremble.”
—Edna O’Brien
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 16, 2014
“For work, you need discipline. But for vocation, you need devotion.
I like devotion better—I think it’s actually easier, more rewarding.”
—Elizabeth Gilberg
Tweeted by @GilbertLiz on May 16, 2014
“Realism wasn’t an issue because there wasn’t any.
I always had a vaguely dreamlike sense of things.”
—Robert Stone
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 16, 2014
“You call it swagger, I call it joie de vivre.”
—James Ellroy
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 14, 2014
“Can my work day be from noon to midnight, please? I am way more functional at 8pm than I am at 9am. Think about it.”
—Ben Derico
Tweeted by @ben_derico on May 13, 2014
“There comes a point when the work starts to shape your life.”
—Russell Banks
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 13, 2014
“Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”
—Abraham Lincoln
Tweeted by @good on May 10, 2014
“Isn’t this why we write anyway—in hopes that while we may not figure out what we mean, the reader just might?”
—Justin Alvarez
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 10, 2014
“The goal of living is not to consider work work,
but to consider it your life and your play.”
—Gary Snyder
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 9, 2014
“One life is too short for doing everything.”
—Massimo Vignelli
Tweeted by @DuaneKing on May 9, 2014
“Failure is a manifestation of learning and exploration. If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you’re making a worse mistake.”
—Ed Catmull
Tweeted by @TheUnNovelist on May 9, 2014
“Those who say the novel is dead can’t write them.”
—Bernard Malamud
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 9, 2014
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.”
—John Dewey
Tweeted by @good on May 9, 2014
“Throwing money at the problem is never a good idea.”
—Lauren O’Neill
Tweeted by @laurenoneill on May 9, 2014
"When you sell a man a book, you don’t sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink—you sell him a whole new life.”
—Christopher Morley
Tweeted by @TheUnNovelist on May 8, 2014
“Many writers don’t realize what a story they have to tell until someone in the family passes away. Then—sudden energy like a geyser.”
—Joyce Carol Oates
Tweeted by @JoyceCarolOates on May 8, 2014
“If you are concerned what people will think, you will be intimidated/paralyzed as a serious writer or artist.”
—Joyce Carol Oates
Tweeted by @JoyceCarolOates on May 8, 2014
“Half-hearted writing isn’t writing. Commit. See your story through, however many drafts it takes. Bring the world only you know to life.”
—The UnNovelist
Tweeted by @TheUnNovelist on May 8, 2014
“Never taking a chance is the worst failure of all.”
—Laurell K. Hamilton
Tweeted by @TheUnNovelist on May 8, 2014
“Commit to writing, to write, the same way that you…are!”
—Allen Ginsberg
Tweeted by @parisreview on May 8, 2014
“Focus first on the work itself,
then worry about finding a better tool to do the job.”
—Tanner Christensen
Tweeted by @elainethebrain on May 8, 2014
“To change your language you must change your life.
I cannot right old wrongs. Waves tire of horizon and return.”
—Derek Walcott
Tweeted by @fsgbooks on May 7, 2014
“To become a better writer, I first had to become a better person.”
—John Kaag
Tweeted by @fsgbooks on May 6, 2014
“Business leaders talk to kids today about following your dreams,
but I’m not actually sure that’s such a great idea.
How about follow your skill?”
—Jeffrey Katzenberg
Tweeted by @iA on May 5, 2014
“Four hours of uninterrupted time
is the best gift you can give anybody at work.”
—Jason Fried
Tweeted by @TEDTalks on May 5, 2014
“I like traveling—I like the feeling of suspension
that one has at those times.”
—Lydia Davis
Tweeted by @The_Millions on May 5, 2014
“I wanted to try something different so I decided to check
a Meditation Center in the city. It was a great idea—I feel so peaceful.”
—Lissy Marlin
Tweeted by @LazyFish11 on May 3, 2014
“Technical competence can be rendered useless by lack of people skills, communication skills, pragmatism, or persistence.”
—Henrik Joreteg
Tweeted by @HenrikJoreteg on May 3, 2014
“There is something about the pace of walking
and the pace of thinking that goes together.”
—Geoff Nicholson
Tweeted by @mialoira on May 1, 2014
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