American - Author | April 30, 1945 -
God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.
Annie Dillard
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The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful.
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When I teach, I preach. I thump the Bible. I exhort my students morally. I talk to them about the dedicated life.
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Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.
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I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.
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I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.
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All my books started out as extravagant and ended up pure and plain.
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It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.
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You are wrong if you think that you can in any way take the vision and tame it to the page. The page is jealous and tyrannical; the page is made of time and matter; the page always wins.
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At its best, the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it.
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The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard put to call it living.
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Much has been written about the life of the mind.
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