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I'm going to talk about a passage of writing that has deeply affected me; that gave me shivers when I first read it, and has haunted me ever since.

The passage comes from Warner Communications' 1977 annual report to its shareholders:

Entertainment has become a necessity. The statement seems unsupportable: can entertainment be necessary in the ( Read more... )

It's a beautiful day in Ocarr, hot and bright and humid and wet. That's what happens in summer, when your city squats right next to the ocean and the day is cloudless: all your clothes stick to you and you feel miserable and icky. Like I said, beautiful.

Its beautiful if you dress light for the weather, like me. It's beautiful if your light ( Read more... )

I can write.

No, she thought back at the voice in her head. I can't write. I can't say what I mean; I can't make people feel what I want them to feel. Look at what I put out: mindless drivel. Don't tell me I can write.

I can writeIf I could write, don't you think I would have by now? Wouldn't I have produced something? Something with ( Read more... )