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rachel syme Quotes

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“But, as with all great poetry, there is pleasure in reading Oliver on one’s own. Her work rewards close, repeated readings, on a snowy day or after a long hike.”
— rachel syme, Mary Oliver Helped Us Stay Amazed
Tagged: Mary Oliver, Poetry
“Making a life as a writer in New York is never as seamless as it appears on television, even when a show tries to tackle the more thorny aspects of the job.”
— rachel syme, The Tough Issue 'The Bold Type' Won’t Tackle
Tagged: The Bold Type, Writers, Being A Writer, TV Shows
“Writing is 98% hell, 1% finding the word you wanted without using a thesaurus at all, and 1% eating a snack in celebration of finding said word.”
— rachel syme
Tagged: Writing, writing process, writing truth
“Sometimes you write for 10 hours and never come up with a single thing you like, and then you wake up the next day and the right phrase is just sitting there for you at the front of your mind like a lukewarm snack cake from an easy-bake oven.”
— rachel syme
Tagged: Writing, writing process
“not even being flip here; hero culture is generally bad. i always say, it's better to have guides than heroes. guides take your hand and show you new imaginaries and ways to live. heroes become statues. there's a difference.”
— rachel syme, via twitter.com
Tagged: Heroes, heroes culture, Reality
“The “golden age of Hollywood” was filled with danger and racism and abuse; for example. If that’s the golden age, do you really want to accept it?”
— rachel syme, via twitter.com
Tagged: Hollywood, hollywood's golden age, human rights issues, entertainment industry, Film Industry
“To me the best books are the ones that make me SO ANGRY because like what gives you the right to write this well, you know? Beautiful sentences make me want to throw books and that's how I know the writer is killing it.

Like, this may be just me because I write, but when I read so called "good" writing that soothes me, I later realize it was maybe just mediocre and the soothing feeling I felt deep down was calm because I figured out how it worked. The writing that makes me burn inside is the real shit”
— rachel syme, via twitter.com
Tagged: Books, good books, Good writing, Novels, Stories
“Age is an illusion and those lists should only make you feel joyful that young people are out there doing the work
that said,
I wrote my first magazine cover story at 31 after a decade of trying.”
— rachel syme, via twitter.com
Tagged: finding your passion, age is an illusion, it's not too late for anything, Do what you want, Keep Going, Never Give Up, reaching dreams
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