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Why do writers use symbolism?” Okay, so let’s say you have a headache and you wanna tell someone about it and you say, “I have a headache!” and other ...more

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The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually one of the main ways that...more

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Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doing it.", N...more

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The vast majority of us imagine ourselves as like literature people or math people. But the truth is that the massive processor known as the human bra...more

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I didn't know what to say to her - I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side.

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For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.

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I believe in hope, in what is something called ”radical hope.” I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid the suffering. And that’s why I write ...more

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Writing is something you do alone. Its a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don't want to make eye contact while doin

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Human existence is temporary and all the knowledge of the universe we acquire will in time be forgotten because there will be no humans left to benefi...more

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All writing is rewriting.

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I know that books seem like the ultimate thing that’s made by one person, but that’s not true… Every reading of a book is a collaboration between the ...more

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He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

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More than anything, I felt the unfairness of it, the inarguable injustice of loving someonewho might have loved you back but can't due to deadness, an...more

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I liked reading biographies of writers, even if (as was the case with Monsieur Rabelais)I'd never read any of their actual writing. I flipped to the b...more

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Sure, anyone can name fourteen dead people. But we're disorganized mourners, so a lot of people end up remembering Shakespeare, and no one ends up rem...more