Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ancient compulsion kernel
You don't go to the library and walk along and pick out a topic. You are riding the bus, or shopping at Safeway, and all of a sudden the idea comes to you. Edward P. Jones busidealibrary Change image and share on social
'Jane Eyre,' when I think of that book, it conjures up the best moments of college English courses. Literature is extraordinary, especially when you have a good professor. Edward P. Jones bookcollegeconjure Change image and share on social
My father was Catholic, and my mother wanted me to go to Catholic school. That's what I did in first grade. But she couldn't afford the payments. I think it must have hurt her a lot, not to be able to give me a Catholic education. Edward P. Jones affordcatholiceducation share on social
Sometimes it's even hard to tell the difference between a tic and a compulsion. But while tics stem from an urge in a specific part of the body - either completely unconsciously or through a premonitory sensation that's satisfied only by the tic - OCD bubbles up as conscious thoughts in the mind. Tim Howard bodybubblecompletely share on social
I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another. Joyce Carol Oates artconflictdirection Change image and share on social
Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome. Michael Mandelbaum ancientcontestcontrol Change image and share on social