Posts Tagged ‘will’

  • Elegant Universe

    Elegant Universe

    March 3rd, 2012 | Philosophy | journalpulp | 4 Comments

    A reader writes: Dear Sir: You are reported to have said that there is no order or disorder in the universe apart from what man himself puts there — this in spite of your well-known preoccupation with a fluid and congruent universe. Can you tell us how you reconcile this, with regard in particular to [...]

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  • The Natural-Born Writer

    The Natural-Born Writer

    January 6th, 2012 | Writing Talent | journalpulp | 3 Comments

    There’s a dirty little secret about writing talent that I’d like to let you in on: it doesn’t exist. As a matter of fact, there’s no such thing as innate writing talent, and the most important trait a writer can possess is just the opposite of natural-born: it is a trait that must be willed. [...]

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