A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants: demagogues can persecute writers and tell… Read more “A Public Library Is The Most Democratic Thing In The World”
Day: October 22, 2019
With A Library You Are Free
With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one – but no one at… Read more “With A Library You Are Free”
Writing Is A Psychological Balancing Mechanism
I’m very unhappy when I’m not writing. I need to write. I think it’s possibly some kind of psychological balancing mechanism—but that’s not only true for writers… Read more “Writing Is A Psychological Balancing Mechanism”
Words Are Faulty
I don’t know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature inaccurate. Goodreads.com. (2019). Doris Lessing Quotes… Read more “Words Are Faulty”
I Play With Words
Words. Words. I play with words, hoping that some combination, even a chance combination, will say what I want. Goodreads.com. (2019). Doris Lessing Quotes (Author of The… Read more “I Play With Words”
Stick At It
What I did have, which others perhaps didn’t, was a capacity for sticking at it, which really is the point, not the talent at all. You have… Read more “Stick At It”
That Is What Learning Is
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way. Goodreads.com. (2019). Doris Lessing Quotes (Author of The… Read more “That Is What Learning Is”
The Truth About Writing
I don’t know much about creative writing programs. But they’re not telling the truth if they don’t teach, one, that writing is hard work, and, two, that… Read more “The Truth About Writing”
Think Wrongly If You Please
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself. Goodreads.com. (2019). Doris Lessing Quotes (Author of The Golden Notebook). [online] Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7728.Doris_Lessing [Accessed… Read more “Think Wrongly If You Please”
Novels Give You The Matrix Of Emotions
Novels give you the matrix of emotions, give you the flavour of a time in a way formal history cannot. Goodreads.com. (2019). Doris Lessing Quotes (Author of… Read more “Novels Give You The Matrix Of Emotions”
There Is A Moment When A Writer Is Touched By Fire
Ask any modern storyteller and they will say there is always a moment when they are touched with fire, with what we like to call inspiration, and… Read more “There Is A Moment When A Writer Is Touched By Fire”
The Book Hasn’t Changed
I am sure everyone has had the experience of reading a book and finding it vibrating with aliveness, with colour and immediacy. And then, perhaps some weeks… Read more “The Book Hasn’t Changed”
Rolando Andrés Ramos 