“That’s the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don’t expect them or want them.”— Cecelia Ahern I was intrigued enough by the wisdom of this quote — from the Irish author Cecelia… Read More
“Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.”— Margaret Millar This observation is from Margaret Millar, the Canadian-born writer who was a staple of the dime-store book racks that teemed with… Read More
“You may not have luck on your side, but you can still have grit in your corner.”— John Dabell Social media certainly has a lot to answer for, but there are still many elements that… Read More
“You cannot play a lie. You must play some kind of truth.”— Gene Hackman We’ve been watching the second season of the U.K. series Celebrity Traitors, which is like the regular show (a bunch of… Read More
“A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it’s because… Read More
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the… Read More
“I think that people in the field were magnificent. And they got the stories, and I put troops at risk to get their stories on every night. But the copy people and the editing people… Read More
“Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world’s resources.”— Toni Morrison I’ve been making my way this week through the wonderful book Toni… Read More
“The future you have, tomorrow, won’t be the same future you had, yesterday.”— Chuck Palahniuk Everyone’s favourite American nihilist novelist (he wrote Fight Club, natch) popped out this observation into a 2007 book called Rant,… Read More
“You can always count on people to do the right thing once it’s cheaper than doing the wrong thing, eventually.” — Alex Falcone I heard this nugget of wisdom through one of the posts by… Read More
“We were tired of making coffee and not policy.” — Robin Morgan The feminist writer, editor and author Robin Morgan died in New York Saturday, just days after her colleague and fellow activist Gloria Steinem…. Read More
“Forgiveness. Which is maybe where love and justice finally meet. Peace, at last.” — Tony Kushner The playwright Tony Kushner put these words near the end of his epic Angels in America, in the mouth… Read More
“Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”— Henry James There are things about late August and early September that seem to contradict… Read More
“There are two kinds of people in the world: bath people and shower people.”— Yoko Ono We’re in the midst of preparations for — finally! — replacing the little bathroom attached to our bedroom. The… Read More
“Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you’re really having a deep relationship with it.”— Cory Doctorow The Toronto-born author and blogger Cory Doctorow wrote these words in his novel Little Brother…. Read More