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Poetry seems to have been eliminated as a literary genre, and installed instead, as a kind of spiritual aerobic exercise - nobody need read it, but anybody can do it. Marilyn Hacker

Bad writing is not easier than good. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different. Ben Hecht Ben Hecht

Anger is a good emotion: that is, when you finally figure out that you’re not mad at the world – you’re mad at yourself. This usually happens right before change is going to be made. Anger’s younger siblings – dissatisfaction, resentment...

Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else's shoes for a while. Malorie Blackman

"When somebody tells me to 'stop being so sensitive', you know what? I feel a little like a nose being lectured by a fart. Hannah Gadsby Hannah Gadsby - Wikipedia

Words are so lovable. How could you not love words? Erin McKean

If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. Malcolm Forbes

I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely...

It's a big theme in my life, learning about myself and being a better person. I'm a work in progress; I have revelations every day. Rick Rubin

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Helen Keller

"An actor's a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, ain't listening." Marlon Brando

“Take the stupidest thing you've ever done. At least it's done. It's over. It's gone. We can all learn from our mistakes and heal and move on. But it's harder to learn or heal or move on from something that hasn't happened; something we don't...

The most effective way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. Andrew Huberman

"Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure." Don Wilder