the thing you are mostafraid to writewrite that-- advice to young writers
Nayyirah Waheed, Salt.
“the worstthing that ever happenedtothe worldwasthe white man coming across gun powder. the end of the world | the beginning of white supremacy”
“i am a woman and a poem. visceral”
“there is no healthier drug than creativity.”
“we are houses eaten by rivers because we do not know their smell.”
“as a childthere was eitherbooksorpain.i chose books.-how i became a writer”
“he was so beautiful because when he held her he was not concerned with being a man. being a man had nothing to do with this. these flowers pouring from his chest. weightless”
“Anyone who is willing to work and is serious about it will certainly find a job. Only you must not go to the man who tells you this, for he has no job to offer and doesn't know anyone who knows of ...”
“Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant.”
“If you find it difficult to get along with your boss, try to reason with him and talk through your differences. If that doesn't work, drive him to suicide and take over the company.”
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”