The God I do believe in is the God who doesn't care: James Joyce's God who stands back, paring his fingernails. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes back care fingernail
I think there must be something wrong with me as a writer. Because all my friends who are writers find reasons to hate everything about their day. But I just love writing. I love starting the day with language and seeing if I can make something of it. Roger Rosenblatt dayfindfriend share on social
No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses a kind of helplessness to passion quivering between the poles of good and evil. Roger Rosenblatt attachcharactercreate share on social
Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect to avoid the actual life before his eyes. Roger Rosenblatt actualavoidcold 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
To ask questions can become the laziest and wobbliest occupation of a mind, but when you must yourself answer the problem that you have posed, you will meditate your question with care and frame it with precision. James Stephens answercareframe share on social
I bite my fingernails. That's probably not a good thing. Joanna Noelle Levesque bitefingernailgood Change image and share on social