Natalie Goldberg Our job as writers is to listen, to come home to the four corners of the earth. – Natalie Goldberg Corners Quotes Earth Quotes Job Quotes Listen Quotes Writers Quotes Life is not orderly. No matter how we try to make life so, right in the middle of it we die, lose a leg, fall in love, drop a jar of applesauce. The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
Emily Oster I tell my micro students everything I teach them is important, but the truth is that some things are more useful than others, and opportunity cost is near the top. – Emily Oster
Brian K Vaughan After 9/11, I knew I wanted to write about power and identity and the way Americans on all sides of the political spectrum often mythologize our leaders, which are themes that the superhero genre has always handled really well. – Brian K Vaughan
Diana Gabaldon Partly because of the way I write – I don’t work with an outline or in a straight line. I work where I can see things happening, and so I get lots and lots of little bits to start with, and I’m doing the research at the same time. – Diana Gabaldon
Austan Goolsbee There’s a certain kind of academic that comes to Washington and can’t survive. They’re the ones starting each sentence with ‘The economic model says.’ – Austan Goolsbee
Christopher Guest I don’t think we’ve ever known what the hell’s going on when we do Tap shows. It’s possible the audience are effectively getting to see more of the movie when we play. You know, they know the songs, so anything we do onstage, whether we’re meaning to or not, is an extension of the film. Other than that, I wouldn’t understand what’s going on. – Christopher Guest
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