September 2022 – catsignal

Quotable 470

Begin your story with a voice.
– Ursula K. LeGuin

searching
for a lost cat –
meanwhile, fireflies

One of the first things I tell my classes is, “If you want to write, keep a low overhead.”
– Grace Paley

night drive –
scraggly fox
flees the headlights

I have great fears. I’m terrified of guns. I’m terrified of heights, so I write about bridge-builders and gunfighters.
– Michael Ondaatje

graveside service –
three kinds of cicadas
whirr in the trees

The idea is to avoid monotony.
– Lester Dent

calling plumbers –
toilet tank takes a leak
on bathroom floor