Paul Auster I write the paragraph, then I’m crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it up because sometimes it’s almost illegible, and if I wait, I might not be able to read it the next day. – Paul Auster Changing Quotes Crossing Quotes Day Quotes Illegible Quotes Improve Quotes Paragraph Quotes Read Quotes Type Quotes Wait Quotes Write Quotes Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see where they are going to lead. When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages, all the curious details, all the so-called beautiful writing – if they are not truly relevant to what I am trying to say, then they have to go.
HopeRobert Frank Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected. – Robert Frank
Justin Kan Because our site was live video, and because our backend was extremely unstable, we were always in a PTSD-inducing constant state of stress. – Justin Kan
David E SangerLegal In the Chinese view, the United States has designed its own system of rules about what constitutes ‘legal’ spying and what is illegal. – David E Sanger
Landon Donovan That’s a part that’s always a challenge for athletes: trying to keep the passion alive while knowing it’s still your job. There’s no question that at some point, probably sooner rather than later, I’ll be pretty burned out. And when that time comes, then I’ll take a step back and take a look at it and see if I want to keep going. – Landon Donovan
Francis Crick It seems likely that most if not all the genetic information in any organism is carried by nucleic acid – usually by DNA, although certain small viruses use RNA as their genetic material. – Francis Crick
DesignSteven Chu By the fourth grade, I graduated to an erector set and spent many happy hours constructing devices of unknown purpose where the main design criterion was to maximize the number of moving parts and overall size. – Steven Chu
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