It is related that Sakyamuni [the historical Buddha] once dismissed as of small consequence a feat of levitation on the part of a disciple, and cried out in pity for a yogin by the river who had spent twenty years of his human existence learning to walk on water, when the ferryman might have taken him across for a small coin.
Peter MatthiessenTag: philosophy writer
I always thought old age would be a writer’s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had the impertinence to identify with it. Now, my memory’s gone, all the old fluency’s disappeared. I don’t write a single sentence without saying to myself, ‘It’s a lie!’ So I know I was right. It’s the best chance I’ve ever had.
Samuel BeckettTag: philosophy hope writer
Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.
Oscar WildeTag: literature writer
A writer always writes.
Don RoffTag: writing philosophy writer
You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we're not. We always have the power of our minds…Claim and consciously use your power.
Louise L. HayTag: power self-esteem motivation healing writer heal-your-life helplessness personal-power powerlessness
Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.
Eugène IonescoBe yourself. The world worships the original.
Jean CocteauTag: writer
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
Karl KrausTag: writer
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Carl SaganTag: science writer astronomer
You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander. We build this place with the sand of memories; these castles are our memories and inventiveness made tangible. So part of us believes that when the tide starts coming in, we won't really have lost anything, because actually only a symbol of it was there in the sand. Another part of us thinks we'll figure out a way to divert the ocean. This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be.
Anne LamottTag: imagination writing writers writer
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