“I want to write because I have the urge to excel in one medium of translation and expression of life. I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living. Oh, no, I must order life in sonnets and sestinas and provide a verbal reflector for my 60-watt lighted head. Love is an illusion, but I would willingly fall for it if I could believe in it.”
—Sylvia Plath
“So I have to create the whole thing afresh for myself each time. Probably all writers now are in the same boat. It is the penalty we pay for breaking with tradition, and the solitude makes the writing more exciting though being read less so. One ought to sink to the bottom of the sea, probably, and live alone with one's words.”
—Virginia Woolf
Book Riot:
• 8 Books About Judy Garland to Read After Seeing JUDY
• I've Outgrown Young Adult Fiction and I Think I'm Okay With That
• Please, I'm Begging You, Watch the Movie Without Reading the Book
• How Reading the Books After Seeing the Movie Changed My Perspective on MARY POPPINS
• Why You Owe It to Yourself to Abandon Books You're Not Enjoying
• How Sylvia Plath Helped Me Overcome Depression and Embrace Uncertainty
• Be Your Own Friend: Reflections on Growing Up Bookish and Male
(and more!)
The Kelly Alexander Show:
Much of my pop culture writing that features here on Living on Guilty Pleasures has also appeared on The Kelly Alexander Show. Here is some that can't be found here.
• 8 Things to Remember Whenever You're Feeling Bad About Yourself
• Celebrate Believing In Yourself and Winning Every Day with Victoria Duffield on 'Day Won'
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