Anthony Swofford, Writer-Memoirist-Professor-Episode #371

Anthony Swofford, Writer-Memoirist-Professor-Episode #371

“Discipline and commitment are essential to being a writer. You can’t be a writer unless you’re disciplined and you’re committed to the cause, which is like, write the script, write the book, write the sonnet, write the symphony. If...
Tom Ruegger, Animator-Producer-Writer-Episode #369

Tom Ruegger, Animator-Producer-Writer-Episode #369

“I learned a great deal from Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. I learned from them that cartoons can be as visually amazing as a Bob Clampett cartoon, but they also can be verbally clever, like the best of the Yogis and the Hucks. I really, ultimately, when I was...
Sören ‘Sulo’ Karlsson, Rock Musician-Author-Episode #367

Sören ‘Sulo’ Karlsson, Rock Musician-Author-Episode #367

“Who am I if I’m not doing this, you know? It’s so much of your personality, it’s more than a profession. It’s like a lifestyle because you sacrifice so much. You put so much in, so you can’t really leave it.” ~ Sören...
Kit Karson, Novelist-Episode #366

Kit Karson, Novelist-Episode #366

“The words that I was saying to myself, whenever I doubted, I would say, ‘Why not me?’ You go into these stores and you see all these New York Times bestsellers and you think, ‘Oh, I can never do that.’ And then I started saying,...
Qin Sun Stubis, Columnist-Poet-Author-Episode #359

Qin Sun Stubis, Columnist-Poet-Author-Episode #359

“If you have a story sitting in your heart that is important to you, then you know that it’s unique. You know that it would benefit others. You should write that story. You should write that book.” ~ Qin Sun Stubis Qin Sun Stubis is a newspaper...