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Posts tagged "writing"
Blogging is not writing; it’s graffiti with punctuation.
Elliot Gould, Contagion
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.
If stone-sober people can fuck like they’re out of their minds—can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe—why shouldn’t writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane?
Stephen King, On Writing (via somethingvaguelypolitical)
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To my BFA friends: Remember this!

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To my BFA friends: Remember this!

He really isn’t a good writer. He’s not absolutely terrible, but his books are mediocre and so is the movie version of DVC. Haven’t seen A&D yet, so don’t dare comment.

I have been a soreheaded occupant of a file drawer labeled “Science Fiction” … and I would like out, particularly since so many serious critics regularly mistake the drawer for a urinal.

Kurt Vonnegut, “Science Fiction”, originally published in The New York Times Book Review (via hivelessmind)

I can understand this sentiment.

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Oh so true.