Just like this:
A Girls’ Empowerment Conference in Tanzania where participants learned about life skills, gender issues, sex positivity, and women’s health.
Oh I guess this book is coming out, no bigs.
I sure hope that sign is large enough.
“I’m a writer” I whisper as I look up war statistics
“I’m a writer” I whisper as I look up when the blender was invented
“I’m a writer” I whisper as I figure out how many times you can get shot without dying
“I’M A WRITER” I shout when someone uses my laptop and I left the page open to stab-wound references.
Trying to write something of permanent value is a full-time job even though only a few hours a day are spent on the actual writing. A writer can be compared to a well. There are as many kinds of wells as there are writers. The important thing is to have good water in the well, and it is better to take a regular amount out than to pump the well dry and wait for it to refill.
Ernest Hemingway, in the same 1954 interview with George Plimpton.
His next remark is great as well:
I see I am getting away from the question, but the question was not very interesting.
(via parislemon)
I so needed to hear this. Having a rough time with my writing at the moment.
