I've had to write a column an hour after I've come back from a funeral. A deadline is a deadline, I mean, that was just what my job was. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes back column deadline
If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up. Laurie Notaro blockfindgive Change image and share on social
I've never really considered doing stand up, but I have done readings/spoken word things fairly often in which I'll just tell a bunch of stories and run off at the mouth. I'm a big tangent person. Laurie Notaro bigbunchconsider Change image and share on social
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I'm a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I'm an author, but writer... no. That's not up to me to call myself, that's rather lofty. It's for the reader to decide. Laurie Notaro arizonaauthorbegin share on social
When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind. Lauryn Hill addictionargueback share on social
Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics in the name of freedom of the press. Jesse Jackson columnculturaleditorial Change image and share on social
You put deadlines on people you really don't want, because that's how you feel about them. Al Leiter deadlinefeelpeople Change image and share on social