What did Annie Proulx mean by: Wonderful … I was up all night reading it, laughing and crying out in horror. - Annie Proulx Journalist Copy
+ I think it’s important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Annie Proulx, Writing, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Annie Proulx, House, Insightful, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Annie Proulx, Coins, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ I would rather be dead than not read Feraz Zeid, August 3, 2023December 12, 2023, Annie Proulx, God, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ …all them things I don’t know could get you killed if I come to know them Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Annie Proulx, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading. Feraz Zeid, June 23, 2023December 12, 2023, Annie Proulx, Reading, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music. Feraz Zeid, August 21, 2023December 29, 2023, Annie Proulx, Tragedy, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
+ If you can’t fix it, you have to stand it. Feraz Zeid, October 1, 2023December 26, 2023, Annie Proulx, 0 - Annie Proulx Journalist
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China