I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.
A. J. JACOBSI’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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I prefer the earlier birth control techniques, which ranged from the delicious (using honey as a spermicide) to the aerobic (jumping backward seven times after coitus).
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Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.
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It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
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I thought religion would eventually wither away and we’d all be worshiping at the altar of science.
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I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset – and sandals – of my forefathers.
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How do you gag the voice in your head that says, ‘You don’t have to [do it] today. There’s always tomorrow.’?
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I found there were things about religion that I really loved; things like the sense of gratefulness that it brings.
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you’ll lead a very dull life.
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A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It’s just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
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Probably 90 percent of our life decisions are powered by the twin engines of inertia and laziness.
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Paintings! They’re like TV, but they don’t move.
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I don’t believe that prayers actually change God’s mind – if there is a God – but I liked praying for people in need. It was like moral weightlifting. I tend to be self-obsessed, and it was nice to get out of my brain once in a while.
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Scrabble – The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.
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Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that’s eating me alive.
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