[Ernest ]Hemingway always said, "Write about what you know. " I think you can do that, and if … - William T. Vollmann

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Thought is energy. Active thought is active energy; concentrated thought is a concentrated energy. Thought concentrated on a definite purpose becomes power.

William T. Vollmann

[Ernest ]Hemingway always said, "Write about what you know. " I think you can do that, and if you want to write about what you don't know, you can. It just takes a lot more work.

Hemingway, Know, Said, Thinking, Want, Writing

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I wish I could go back and rewrite my first book, You Bright and Risen Angels; I could do a better job. But in the meantime, nobody knows as much about my books as I do. Nobody has the right but me to say which words go into my books or get deleted or edited. When I'm dying, I'll smile, knowing I stood up for my books. If I die with more money, that wouldn't bring a smile to my face. Unless I got better drugs or more delicious-looking nurses.

Angel, Book, Drugs, Jobs, Money, Words

The instant people specialize, its in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon.

Function, Interest, Operates, People

I want to fall in love with beautiful women of all races. Rescue somebody every now and then, improve my painting, and improve my sentence structure. If I can make a living doing that stuff, that's great, and I will keep doing it, and they can do whatever they want with my image. I couldn't care less.

Beautiful, Falling In Love, Race, Races, Structure, Stuff

So he lent her books. After all, one of life's best pleasures is reading a book of perfect beauty; more pleasurable still is rereading that book; most pleasurable of all is lending it to the person one loves: Now she is reading or has just read the scene with the mirrors; she who is so lovely is drinking in that loveliness I've drunk.

Book, Reading, Drinking, Read, Mirrors, Pleasures

Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say “girl”? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, you’re a saint or you’re psychotic. If a few things offend you, deal with them--fairly. If you’re often offended by things, you’re probably a self-righteous asshole and it’s too bad you weren’t censored yourself--by your mother in an abortion clinic.

Girl, Mother, Offend, People, Say, Self