When I first read the words 'introvert' and 'extrovert' when I was 10, I thought I was both. Annie Dillard extrovertintrovertread Change image and share on social
If you're going to publish a book, you probably are going to make a fool of yourself. Annie Dillard bookfoolmake Change image and share on social
Much has been written about the life of the mind. Annie Dillard lifemindwrite Change image and share on social
Eskimo: 'If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?' Priest: 'No, not if you did not know.' Eskimo: 'Then why did you tell me?' Annie Dillard eskimogodhell Change image and share on social
The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. Annie Dillard carefulliteratureread Change image and share on social
I woke in bits, like all children, piecemeal over the years. I discovered myself and the world, and forgot them, and discovered them again. Annie Dillard bitchilddiscover Change image and share on social
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. Annie Dillard catchchaosday Change image and share on social
It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creator, our very self-consciousness, is also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution. Annie Dillard birthdaybitterconsciousness share on social
The writer studies literature, not the world. Annie Dillard literaturestudyworld Change image and share on social
Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case. What would you begin writing if you knew you would die soon? What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality? Annie Dillard assumeaudiencebegin share on social