Quotes – Page 51 – BIG OTHER

August 17, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“The writer should always serve as his own angleworm—and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.”

Happy birthday, John Hawkes! Here are some quotes from the author. “‘Choice means variable, variable means discontinuity, discontinuity destroys…

August 12, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“I’m interested in the way in which one ‘reality’ can compromise another.”

Happy birthday, Brian Evenson! 53, today! Here are some quotes from the writer. “It’s those unguarded moments where…

August 6, 2019August 7, 2019 - Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”

R.I.P., Toni Morrison. Here are some quotes from her writing. “‘If you surrendered to the air, you could…

August 2, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Artists are here to disturb the peace.”

Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer. “This is the only real concern of…

August 1, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“It is better to fail in originality, than to succeed in imitation.”

Happy 200th birthday, Herman Melville! Here are some quotes from his writing. “Truth is ever incoherent, and when…

July 30, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Try to remember that artists in these catastrophic times, along with the serious scientists, are the only salvation for us, if there is to be any.”

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. “So I am still…

July 29, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“Be what you are. Give What is yours to give. Have Style. Dare.”

Happy birthday, Stanley Kunitz! Here are some quotes from the poet. “There’s grammar in my bones!” “I…

July 28, 2019July 29, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“If I try not to put limits on the curiosity, then I’m more likely to actually learn something.”

Happy birthday, William T. Vollmann! 60, today! Here are some quotes from the writer. “After all, one of…

July 28, 2019July 28, 2021 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

John Ashbery on Writing, Poetry, and More

Happy birthday, John Ashbery! Here are some quotes from his writing: “I too often feel like a person I…

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 - Birthday, Books, Quotes, Reading, Writing

“What I do is me: for that I came.”

Happy birthday, Gerard Manley Hopkins! Here are some quotes from his writing. “What you look hard at seems…