“I have a lot of conversations with people who want to start their own thing, and one of my favorite questions to ask is, ‘Is this an itch, or is it burning?’ If it is just an itch, it is not sufficient. It gets to this point of how badly you really want it.”
Understand that you can have in your writing no qualities which you do not honestly entertain in yourself. Understand that you cannot keep out of your writing the indication of evil or shallowness you entertain in yourself[.] If you love to have a servant stand behind your chair at dinner, it will appear in your writing–or if you possess a vile opinion of women, or if you grudge anything, or doubt immortality–these will appear by what you leave unsaid more than by what you say. There is no trick or cunning, no art or recipe, by which you can have in your writing what you do not possess in yourself.
–Walt Whitman, Journal Entry, 1855-56
Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. –Richard Wright
“It is easy to find things that are hidden if the hiding place is pointed out and marked” –Giambattista Vico #wisdomwednesday
“When in Rome, act like the Greeks.” –Kenneth Burke
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“The veracity of my pellucid acumen is validated not by the words alone, but by the indomitable vanguard who uttered them at their inception.” –Howard Cosell, after the Holmes-Cobb fight where he vowed never to call another boxing match #wisdomwednesday
“Eating bacteria is one of life’s great pleasures […] Beer, wine, cheese, bread, cured meats, coffee, chocolate: our best-loved foods are almost all fermented.” –Burkhard Bilger, “Nature’s Spoils” #wisdomwednesday
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Wisdom Wednesday: Bonus Craig Mack Edition
“With stamina like Bruce Jenner / the winner / tastin’ emcees for dinner / You must be crazy like that glue / to think that you could outdo / my one-two that’s sick like the flu” –Craig Mack, “Flava in Ya Ear”
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