How we learn is what we learn.
“How we learn is what we learn.” Bonnie Friedman
“How we learn is what we learn.” Bonnie Friedman
“The only way [the book can be written] is to set the unbook-the gilt-framed portrait of the book-right there on the altar and sacrifice it, … Read More
“The antidote to envy is one’s own work. Always one’s own work. Not the thinking about it. Not the assessing of it. But the doing … Read More
“What is this thing that has us chewing at our own selves, grating ourselves against our own sharp sieve? It is the act of stepping … Read More
“Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing.” Bonnie Friedman
“To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.” Bonnie … Read More
“Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds.” Bonnie Friedman
“Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.” Bonnie Friedman
“We are constantly telling ourselves what we most want to know, and at the same time are deaf to it. Why does envy have such … Read More
“I spent the morning smashing fliesI killed one fly against the doorjamb. Another I stalked into the kitchen…A third fly wavered by the kitchen window. … Read More
“Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones who discover what … Read More
“Writing teaches writing. Your writing will teach you how to write if you work hard enough and have enough faith.” Bonnie Friedman
“our finest writing will certainly come from what is unregenerate in ourselves. It will come from the part that is obdurate, unbanishable, immune to education, … Read More
“Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. … That is why people read: to have experiences.” Bonnie Friedman
“Envy is one of the scorpions of the mind, often having little to do with the objective, external world.” Bonnie Friedman