I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes abyssinia emperor people
Since I've been hired to contribute to the storyline of 'Doom 4' I can say what was always true anyway. I'm working. You see, for a writer, lots of stuff that doesn't look like working is actually working. Looking out of the window, for example. Balancing a pencil on the edge of the desk in order to find its exact fulcrum. Playing 'Doom.' Graham Joyce balancecontributedesk share on social
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference. Graham Joyce citycollapselook Change image and share on social
I've been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs. Graham Joyce contourcrescenthave Change image and share on social
Born in 1910, Wilfrid Thesiger spent his childhood in Ethiopia, or Abyssinia, as it was then called, where his father was an important and much-admired British official. Michael Dirda abyssiniaadmirebear Change image and share on social
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment. They behaved accordingly, with a self-indulgence that was wholly rational, given their situation. Eric Liu behaveboomerchild share on social