Lorrie Moore I want to create something that doesn’t exist exactly in the real world, but exists in a kind of parallel to the real world. – Lorrie Moore Create Quotes Exist Quotes Exists Quotes Parallel Quotes Real Quotes If you look at most women’s writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details that go into a woman writer’s description of a female character are, perhaps, a little more judgmental. They’re looking for certain things, because they know what women do to look a certain way. I grew up with ‘Life’ magazine on the coffee table, Life cereal on the breakfast table, and the game of Life on the card table. People were just so happy to be alive, I guess.
Leila Janah Most of us working on poverty alleviation simply want to know, ‘How much poverty can I reduce for every dollar I donate?’ – Leila Janah
Davina McCall I was a real tomboy as a little girl. I wore boys’ clothes and played at being Robin Hood. – Davina McCall
Iris Murdoch The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. – Iris Murdoch
Robert Pinsky Poetry is a vocal art for me – but not necessarily a performative one. It might be reading to oneself or recalling some lines by memory. – Robert Pinsky
Adam Ross Writers do well to carefully attend to those moments of inspiration, because chances are that they’re writing from a very deep place. The subsequent search that ensues to continually attend to that voice that you hear is what is going to give the story drive. – Adam Ross
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