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Anthony BurgessA Clockwork Orange (1963)

aseaofquotes:

Tom Bissell, Extra Lives
Submitted by winterswanderlust.

goodmemory:

John Himmelfarb

aseaofquotes:

Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

peira:

Everett Shinn: The White Ballet (1904) via Smithsonian American Art Museum

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Pure Brilliance. Genius advice.

(via my-secret-reverie)

(via greatauthors)

mythologyofblue:

Cover for James Joyce’s Ulysses by Peter Mendelsund +

My heart is so tired

The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)

(Source: wordsthat-speak, via leadencirclesdissolve)

explore-blog:

In 1987, Ebert’s words of encouragement made a strong impression on me, a brainy fat kid who felt less comfortable in his skin than in the darkness of a movie theater. I didn’t grow up to be a movie critic (or a journalist or an actor). But in that year, I began to feel more confident in myself as a writer. I found my voice, and in time, felt less awkward in my body.

The letter Roger Ebert send a teenage boy who aspired to be a film critic. Also see Ebert’s advice on writing and life and how Alfred Hitchcock had similar impact on a boy’s life.