Joe

“I am, happily, entirely ordinary in just about every way.

But I have my writing practice, and that matters.”
― John Warner, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

“After graduating from college, I won a scholarship to study theoretical astrophysics at Cambridge, a place that resembles the wizard school Hogwarts except there's no magic and everyone's in Slytherin.”
― Kate Marvel, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

“Defining one's true self is not so simple. It may be impossible. We inhabit many different versions of a changing self. The suggestion to "be yourself" may be too general to be of much use.

There's being yourself as an artist, being yourself with your family, being yourself at work, and being yourself with friends. Being yourself in times of crisis, or in times of peace. And being yourself for yourself when by yourself.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“What kind of reader does this book want me to be?" is useful precisely because it helps you find your way to meaning even when you dislike or hate or are outraged by a book.”
― Carlo Rotella, What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics