writers were made not born....

The thing is... I'm reminded everyday... that words have meaning. That everything I say has a meaning. Every single word. And when you say them sometimes the words just float in the air but sometimes people keep them. They keep the words inside them and wait to give them back. Or throw them back. To... Sign in to see full entry.

"writing is easy. all you have to do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead" -- Gene Fowler <journalist and biographer> "books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and a conscious on" --Salman Rushdie <Indian born british author>... Sign in to see full entry.

I know, I know, GUILTY, the piece before this sounded phony, hypocritical even that after all the hurt I shouted to the world here I am saying that love- being in love- is a beautiful thing. Well, it is. Do you remember how it was stealing a glance at someone? How your heart fluttered in your chest,... Sign in to see full entry.

She told me to write it down. She told me it would be fine. So I write it down. But still it isn't fine. She told me it would be good practice anyway. And so I write. Write (or type) without much thought. Every Sunday, I try to cram jam and stuff in my often stubborn head all the words I hear and... Sign in to see full entry.

(Warning: A jumble of thoughts follows.) The Future is Present. Read my white-printed-black-rectangular-"waitress"-pin. I did seem to think about the future more often now. Most probably because it'll be a new year in around 50 hours. Or maybe because I've been taking things a day at a time and it... Sign in to see full entry.

The ability to verbalize human experience for the aesthetic enjoyment of others is not, contrary to popular notions, inborn; it is a product of training. This genius to textualize beauty in excellent language results from years of struggling with language, not from the happy confluence of parental... Sign in to see full entry.