“It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that…
Chaos!
“One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
Love Life Enough
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough…
Creativity = Courage
“Creativity takes courage." ― Henri Matisse
The Greatest Books
What are the greatest books? Find out at thegreatestbooks.org, a list generated from 107 "best of” book lists from a…
Read in Order to Live
“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read…
Coming Soon! National Poetry Month
National Poetry Month is just around the corner, with lots of yummy, creative stuff beginning Saturday, April 1. Celebrate with…
Horny for Creativity
“I can always be distracted by love, but eventually I get horny for my creativity.” ― Gilda Radner
20 Beautiful Bookstores
“We can’t overestimate the importance of bookstores — they’re community centers, places to browse and discover, and monuments to literature…
Swoopers and Bashers
“Swoopers write a story quickly, higgledy-piggledy, crinkum-crankum, any which way. Then they go over it again painstakingly, fixing everything that…
