What I try to capture as a writer is the feeling of being alive, of being awake. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes alive awake capture
Oh, I collect facts and quotes when I can't write, and I can't write most of the time. I do a little chance operation sometimes where I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous. Library roulette, I call it. Jenny Offill beautifulbookcall share on social
Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away. Jenny Offill artbravedanger Change image and share on social
I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my own personality. Jenny Offill fictioninhabitlimit Change image and share on social
Painting and photography keep the creative channel open, and for an actor, it's to keep alive, it's to keep awake, it's to keep watching, it's to keep feeling, it's to keep enjoying, to keep that sensuality of feeling alive. Charlotte Rampling actoraliveawake share on social
A 'live' show is either alive or not. Free speech is free or it is not. Viewers are free to use their remote or TiVo. Parents are responsible or they are not. Frank Pierson alivefreelive Change image and share on social
Short stories are my favorite art form. A good one is compact and complete, a telling little slice of life, capturing a moment in time that - for the character - defines her, changes her, is the tipping point for all that will follow. Ellen Klages artcapturecharacter share on social
