André Aciman for NYT:
Words radiate something that is more luminous, more credible and more durable than real facts, because under their stewardship, it is not truth we’re after; what we want instead is something that was always there but that we weren’t seeing and are only now, with the genius of retrospection, finally seeing as it should have occurred and might as well have occurred and, better yet, is still likely to occur. In writing, the difference between the no more and the not yet is totally negligible.
A fascinating way to think about writing.
George Saunders (via NYT)
Such a great quote.
Sometimes I wish I was still in school…
(that sometimes, is a lot of times)
The desire to learn is really the only thing that you should have picked up in college.
Jessica Hische, Letterer, Illustrator and Designer
speaking at CreativeMornings/Vancouver (*watch the talk)
Curiosity and creativity and discovery and wonder; they aren’t traits of youth, they’re traits of learning. If you want to feel younger and you want to replicate the conditions of youth, do that.
Benjamin Salka, CEO of Story Pirates
speaking at CreativeMornings/NewYork (*watch the talk)
