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When I turned 64, I celebrated my birthday by lifting 205 pounds. When I turned 63, I celebrated my birthday by lifting a toothbrush, so that was quite an accomplishment.… Read the full article
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How to read like a writer
Make Churchill your muse for executive sound bites and more
Edward R. Murrow said of Winston Churchill: “He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.”… Read the full article
How do you read like a writer?
Read for technique, not just for information and entertainment
Years ago, I ran across this passage Stephen Schiff wrote about Australian film director Fred Schepisi for The New Yorker:
As Schepisi talks, his hands play along: they’re the nipping boat, they’re the foaming river; when they clap, they’re the waterfall.
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Take it apart; put it back together
In her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion describes a moment with her late husband, the novelist John Gregory Dunne:
“When we were living in Brentwood Park we fell into a pattern of stopping work at four in the afternoon and going out to the pool,” she writes.… Read the full article