Jennifer Howard

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Commonplace Book

I paint what I see.
Gahan Wilson
Black tea and white noise.
[What you need to get writing done, said to me at the coffee shop where he and I like to write in the morning.]
Louis Bayard
Reality fights against your dreams, it tries to deny creation and change.
Walter Mosley
I told you, you damned fools.
H.G. Wells, suggesting a motto for his headstone.
All the thoughts are in the typewriter.
William Maxwell (via this)
The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.
Anne Enright
Good ideas are often murdered by better ones.
Roddy Doyle
Strict chronology is the secret of good narrative.
Winston Churchill
I wasn't in the mood for exquisite observing.
New Yorker cartoon caption
If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
William Morris
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