little bird
hops around
on new snow
Quotable 484
Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.
– Roger Ebert
haiku 602
north wind
divides his beard
east and west
Quotable 483
The hard part of writing isn’t the writing; it’s the thinking. You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask: What does the reader need to know next?
– William Zinsser
haiku 601
bird feeder –
snowflakes flit
around the sparrows
Quotable 482
The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.
– James Fenton
haiku 600
popular voice
falls silent –
sundown
Quotable 481
It doesn’t matter if your lead character is good or bad. He just has to be interesting, and he has to be good at what he does.
– David Chase
haiku 599
loose V of geese –
one goose takes a few friends
on a different route
Quotable 480
Creativity is like any other human talent – it takes an enormous amount of effort to develop.
– Jonah Lehrer