Writing fiction is fun. Writing non-fiction is life-changing.
Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.(p.115)
Writing nonfiction means I tell people's stories for them, not because they're special but because we all are.
He must trust, and he must have faith. And so he builds, because what is building, and rebuilding and rebuilding again, but an act of faith?
When we feel unsafe with someone and still stay with him, we damage our ability to discern trustworthiness in those we will meet in the future.
Don't worry about having the right words; worry more about having the right heart. It's not eloquence he seeks, just honesty.
Focus on giants - you stumble.Focus on God - Giants tumble.
A simple trick from the backyard astronomer: if you are having trouble seeing something, look slightly away from it. The most light-sensitive parts of our eyes (those we need to see dim objects) are o...
So when the ruling ideology enjoins us to enjoy sex, not to feel guilty about it, since we are not bound by any prohibitions whose violations should make us feel guilty, the price we pay for this abse...
I took out my grenade and put my fingers inside the pin. 'Do you boys want this to be your last meal, or do you want to answer his question?
If you aim to be the best then it's essential to evolve constantly, learn from past mistakes, look for new opportunities and have the flexibility to implement improved processes and solutions along th...
More often than not, though, no further mention was made about the fate of the prisoners. I wondered to myself what happened to these people? After months of digging, I learned the ugly truth, which i...
I read nonfiction for information, fiction for truth.
Reading literary fiction stimulates cognition beyond the brain functions related to reading, say, magazine articles, interviews, or most online nonfiction reporting.
Maybe we should live our lives in a constant state of expectation, always curious and excited about the possibilities that could unfold in front of us. Maybe it is our sense of vision that colors our...
Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it.
Education...has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.
The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.
When the neglect is severe, the patient may behave almost as if one half of the universe had abruptlyceased to exist in any meaningful form.... Patients with unilateral neglect behave not only as if n...