“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
Source: Zen in the Art of Writing
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Ray Bradbury401
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Peter de Vries (1910–1993) American editor and novelist
Source: Reuben, Reuben
“Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.”
Brian Keene (1967) American writer
“Do you get so drunk you hump a cupholder?”
Larry the Cable Guy (1963) American stand-up comedian, actor, country music artist, voice artist
Tailgate Party (2009)
“Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly”
John Rogers Searle (1932) American philosopher
The Storm Over the University (December 6, 1990)
Context: Finally, and perhaps most importantly, you need to acquire the skills of writing and speaking that make for candor, rigor, and clarity. You cannot think clearly if you cannot speak and write clearly.
“There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.”
Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
As quoted in The Art of Expressing the Human Body (1998) edited by John R. Little, p. 23
Context: There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.
Ryszard Kapuściński (1932–2007) Polish historian
A 1989 interview with Granta magazine founder Bill Buford. Reprinted in Adbusters Magazine #71.