Everyone on Twitter – everyone on the Internet – seems so damn certain. Brevity doesn’t allow for nuance, and it’s a nice complement to confidence. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
I work when I work, and that is often dictated by the things I cannot control. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
Lindsay Hatton’s novel ‘Monterey Bay’ so beautifully evokes the landscape of the titular locale, you’ll feel transported to Northern California even if you’re reading it on the bus on your morning commute. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
I work when I’m alone, but I have children and a family and a job, so alone time is at a premium. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
I always like it when writers posit writing as an act of empathy. It’s such a grand turn of phrase, such a noble ideal; empathy is so worth aiming for in life that the same must hold true in art. But personally, I can’t think too deeply about that when I’m working, or I’d never get anything down on the page. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
The cultural conversation around privilege has grown vibrant enough that the ultimate privilege is to just ignore it altogether. Some decry this conversation as pernicious. I don’t agree. Rumaan Alam Read Quote
