May 2013
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“The myth of the overnight success is just that – a myth.”
– Seth Godin
Alexander Graham Bell knew this when he famously said, “It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider … who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.”
Thomas Edison knew this when he proclaimed, “Success is the product of the severest kind...
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April 2013
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Paris Review Interview: Guy Talese, 2009
Katie Roiphe: When did you realize that you had talent?
Guy Talese: Never. All I have is intense curiosity. I have a great deal of interest in other people and, just as importantly, I have the patience to be around them.
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“The most widely read books to come out of the financial crisis and its aftermath...”
– George Packer on “the new depression journalism”
“You can’t go around buying Cadillacs on what the small mags pay,” Salinger...”
– NYT: The Young Salinger, Mordant Yet Hopeful
“Love is a great privilege. Real love, which is very rare, enriches the lives of...”
– Simone de Beauvoir, Paris Review interview, 1965
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“Life is like a roller coaster, it is going to have beautiful moments but it is...”
– Patti Smith’s advice to the young
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“The idea that we are self-reliant is a core American myth.”
– “Relationships Are More Important Than Ambition,” Atlantic Magazine
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“Matilda,” you see, is about words and language, books and stories, and their...”
– On “Matilda: The Musical”
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March 2013
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February 2013
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“A writer publishes to be read; then hopes the readers are affected by the words,...”
– Martha Gellhorn, who was a reporter for more than fifty years and one of the greatest war correspondents of the 20th century
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“Our audience is a human one, and humans want to connect. Personal stories can...”
– Rachel Sussman on storytelling for science, echoing Vonnegut’s insistence on the power of personal experience in storytelling. (via explore-blog)
