Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Quote by John Gregory Dunne

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Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical...

The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical...

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know...

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know...

Your cocky attitude is extremely unappealing.

Your cocky attitude is extremely unappealing.

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day,...

Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day,...

Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get...

Problem is there are too many sissies and prima donnas -- stop talking and get...

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that...

The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that...

A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a...

A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a...

In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the...

In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the...

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying...

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

Those who have free seats at a play hiss first

Everyone is better looking when they are smiling

Everyone is better looking when they are smiling

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying...

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying...

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new...

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...