The assignment for my English Composition 1 class was to read and choose three quotes from the following articles: Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product (Don Murray), The Daily Writing Routines of Great Writers (Maria Popova), and Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Ann Lamott). "My passions drive me to the typewriter every day of my life, and they have driven me there since I was twelve. So I never have to worry about schedules. Some new thing is always exploding in me, and it schedules me, I don’t schedule it. It says: Get to the typewriter right now and finish this." -Ray Bradbury.
"I’m always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day. I first have tea and then, at about ten o’clock, I get under way and work until one. Then I see my friends and after that, at five o’clock, I go back to work and continue until nine. I have no difficulty in picking up the thread in the afternoon. When you leave, I’ll read the paper or perhaps go shopping. Most often it’s a pleasure to work" -simone-de-beauvoir "In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me." Kurt Vonnegut. Bird by bird quotes written by Anne Lamott "It's not like you have a choice, because you do. You can either type or kill yourself. " "It's just a piece of chicken, it's just a slice of cake." "We're still pretty far apart. I'm looking for a six figure advance and they are refusing to read the manuscript." "I think that it is going to be really great. I think it's really good work. But I also think there are a few problems." "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." -Bob Marley "Where words fail, music speaks." -Hans Christian Andersen.
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