I think – the more sentences you write, the more sentences you have written, if that slightly Zen confection makes any sense.
ADAM GOPNIKThe blankness invites scribbling on, mental drawing , and the best feeling I know – apart from the more obvious sensual ones – is the feeling of putting down the first thought and seeing it turn into symbols.
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The special virtue of freedom is not that it makes you richer and more powerful but that it gives you more time to understand what it means to be alive.
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I think that we’re always drawn – particularly sophisticated people – are always drawn to the idea of simplicity.
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Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment.
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That, you could conclude mordantly, is the real soundtrack of our time: the amplification of the self-evident toward the creation of paralyzing, preëmptive paranoia.
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The coffee shop is a great New York institution, but it has terrible coffee. And the more traditional coffee shops are trying to catch up with more sophisticated coffee drinkers.
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After all, spinning is its own reward. There wouldn’t be carousels if it weren’t so.
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The light in your eyes shines because of the longing in your soul. And the longing in your souls rises because you are looking for the lost half minute.
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I don’t miss the obligation to be opinionated, but I do regret the chance to share a joy.
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Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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The trick and the trap and the horror is not faith, Scott. I don’t think the trap and the horror is fanaticism.
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It’s really our relief at no longer having to do things we were never good at doing in the first place – relief at never again having to dissect a frog or memorize the periodic table.
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The relentless note of incipient hysteria, the invitation to panic, the ungrounded scenarios
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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I still think the best classic meal in New York is a coffee-shop breakfast – you sort of can’t skip it.
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