To write is to reveal oneself.When I write something, fiction or non-fiction, I do not expect you to accept what I write, nor to agree with what I propose.I expect you to spend at least...

When I label something as fiction, people say it’s true, and when I label something as non-fiction, people say it is made up. If something is not 100% true, then I label it as fiction....

A decision is only as strong as the belief standing behind it

Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.”Aristotle

Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.

To be prepared against surprise is to be trained. To be prepared for surprise is to be educated.

Smile!

River smiled sweetly at his tormentors and told them, “If you want to kick my ass, go ahead. Just explain to me why you’re doing it.”After a confused pause, one of the skinheads said, “Ah,...

If you put forth a small amount of effort, you just might find your next best friend for life is of a different race than your own.

Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is wrenched out by the aching, broken world I wake up to...

I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a bit of ridicule.” Clarence Birdseye

When you make a film, if you are an insider, you’re usually the last person to know that your film is not right. But when you are an outsider, you have a little more objectivity.I...

Everything bleeds into everything and fiction is just this funny desperate little attempt to staunch the bleeding.

Life is way too short, so try to enjoy every minute of it with a sense of humor!

Once you realize that the imagination is non-fiction, the world is yours

I lay on my floor crying again… shaking. Searching for inner strength and coming up empty. My eyes burned and my mouth was dry as I sucked on air that seemed to keep getting thicker...

The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing a scientific treatise on the folk-lore of Central China, or a statistical enquiry into the...

It was one of those situations I often find myself in while traveling. Something’s said by a stranger I’ve been randomly thrown into contact with, and I want to say, “Listen. I’m with you on...

The Bible is a book of Science. Secular Humanism is a religion of mythology.

Remember, the most common thing about common sense is how uncommon it is.

Satu-satunya orang yang bisa menghalangimu untuk maju adalah dirimu sendiri

I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat.That was until I became one…

What was the difference between Anne Frank and any other 15 year old girl living the same nightmare? Nothing! Aside from the fact that Anne spoke through her writings while others kept silent. Someone very...

The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense of narrative drive that is essential to the modern novel, screenplay and even...

Dream sets us on fire.Dream gives us direction.Dream betters our potential.Dream helps us prioritize.Dream adds value to our work andlife.Dream colors our future.

Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us.

My mother picked me up in her arms, touching my checks comforting my distress. I stared into her eyes and held her hair in my small hands, for the first time realizing what a moment...

Secara normal, jika ingin memasak kita pergi ke dapur. Ketika ingin tidur ya beranjak ke kamar. Saat ingin buang hajat ya melangkah ke toilet. Apa jadinya jika kita tidur di toilet, buang hajat di dapur...

Great charismatic leaders don’t just say what voters want to hear; they say what voters want to say.

It can be challenge enough to have to eat with myself.

The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured – we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more.

Make your problems becomeopportunities instead ofobstacles.

The honeybee, Apis mellifera, is a species on the cusp of culture and nature … If we’re to seriously improve honeybee health and with it our own wellbeing, we need to make the most of...

Spending $100 million on a fancy gym is completely unremarkable in contemporary American higher education. Yet $10 million for a really good online biology course that could serve millions of students is seen as an...

Bukan banyaknya harta dan ilmu yang membuat seseorang bisa memberi, tapi kemauan untuk berbagi

Nonfiction that smells like fiction is neither.

Why is it deemed justifiable and appropriate for cops/policeofficers to kill other cops (friendly–fire) and citizens?Why do cops kill?Are they not taught to maim or slow down someone runningor reaching for a weapon?If not, why...

A 21st century poet is a woman who can speak her mind and stand upright like a mountain with her convictions, but can adapt like water in an ever changing season without losing her genuine...

This principle is taught in Scripture: “We love because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). In other words, we learn to be loving because we are loved. Grace must come from the outside for...

Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have told Steve Jobs that people hate touchscreens.

Borrow money only for an education that will yield enough of a return in the job market to allow you to pay your loans back.

Seja bem-vindo a esta leitura, partilhe das suas emoções, viva as suas palavras, mas sobretudo seja feliz onde estiver, pois, Ele estará no seu coração.

Heaven is freakin’ not ready for me!” – seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman

Freedom found me the day I realized I was not bound to witchcraft. The FATHER was waiting, He was scanning the horizon for the day I would realize I could come home. And He ran...

Jumping to conclusions is efficient if the conclusions are likely to be correct and the costs of an occasional mistake acceptable. Jumping to conclusions is risky when the situation is unfamiliar, the stakes are high...

In order to survive, I came up with a five-step secret to getting it all done. If you’re busy too, feel free to use it:1. Admit that you can’t possibly get it all done.

The message for all students should be: Put down the bong and get to work, because the number of curious, eager-to-learn peers around the world with the means and ambition to get a great college...

I drift like a cloud,Across these venerable eastern lands,A journey of unfathomable distances,An endless scroll of experiences…Lady Zhejiang here we must part,For the next province awaits my embrace.Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East,Where do...

As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship.” – John Hanlon, the sailor

To believers, the bible is a holy book, to unbelievers, it is a story book.