You once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at all. For writing means revealing one self to excess; that utmost of self-revelation and surrender, in which a human being, when involved with others, would feel he was losing himself, and from which, therefore, he will always shrink as long as he is in his right mind.. That is why one can never be alone enough when one writes, why there can never be enough silence around one when one writes, why even night is not night enough. . Susan Cain
Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion.
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Red Haircrow
What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.
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Charles Bukowski
Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth.
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Stephen King
No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a...
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Erin Bow
I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to myself "When did they live?" I certainly want to write BECAUSE I live! I know I don't want to write in order to...
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C. Joybell C.
More Quotes By Susan Cain
Don't think of introversion as something that needs to be cured... Spend your free the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to.
What's so magical about solitude? In many fields, Ericsson told me, it's only when you're alone that you can engage in Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are...
A Manifesto for Introverts1. There's a word for 'people who are in their heads too much': thinkers.2. Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.3. The next generation of quiet kids can and must be raised to know their own strengths.4. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Sometimes it helps to...
So the next time you see a person with a compose face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.
The key to flow is to pursue an activity for its own sake, not for the rewards it brings.
