The Great Stories are the ones you have heard and want to hear again. The ones you can enter anywhere and inhabit comfortably. They don’t deceive you with thrills and trick endings.
– Arundhati Roy
haiku 570
tall, fast dog
pulls owner
on skates
Quotable 451
In order to create the universal you must pay very great attention to the specific.
– Lorraine Hansberry
haiku 569
spring snow overnight –
by midmorning
birds chirp again
Quotable 450
Dialogue has to create a life. It has to be self-sustaining. Conversation is definitely not dialogue.
– Sam Shepard
haiku 568
old music –
memories of
young love
Quotable 449
George! You can type this shit, but you sure can’t say it! Move your mouth when you’re typing!
– Harrison Ford to George Lucas on the set of the original Star Wars film
Happy Star Wars Day!
haiku 567
new snow on the lawn –
squirrel sees me
freezes
Quotable 448
It’s amazing how much you can get away with that could be considered polemic as long as it’s funny. As soon as it ceases to be funny, your readers start feeling preached to and rebel.
– Lionel Shriver
haiku 566
winter storm nears –
first few snowflakes
cross the county line