Quotable

A philosopher says, I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both. – Søren Kierkegaard in Either/Or Trust a philosopher to give you helpful advice. [...]

It seems that if you look you can find plenty of long dead Greeks with pithy sayings. Recently Aeschylus came to my attention. As best I understand it, his quotes are taken from his plays. In one he writes, It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who [...]

What Mickey Spillane says about writing Mysteries really applies to all writing. Words for a fiction writer to remember: Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it’s a letdown, they won’t buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your [...]

This seems a bit like a flippant saying to me. Nonetheless, (perhaps with some self-depreciating humor,) I sometimes think it well applies to my life: “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and [...]