Charles M. Blow
Charles M. Blow
Charles McRay Blowis an American journalist, and the current visual op-ed columnist for The New York Times...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth11 August 1970
CountryUnited States of America
Charles M. Blow quotes about
love-you world may
Different is not deviant, no matter what the world may say. You have the moral obligation to love yourself.
abdication voters apathy
Voter apathy is a civic abdication.
trying culture males
I'm trying to illuminate how perilously narrow we draw the concepts of masculinity and sexuality in our male culture.
gay rights movement
One thing the gay rights movement taught the world is the importance of being visible.
color illustration weight
An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.
kids quiet introspective
I was always a relatively quiet and introspective kid.
lying cat doors
A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.
teacher differences world
You don’t become a teacher to make a world of money. You become a teacher to make a world of difference.
men empathy understanding
One doesn’t have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. In fact, a man convinced of his virtue even in the midst of his vice is the worst kind of man.
way cowardice vanquish
The only way to vanquish cowardice is to brandish courage.
wrong-time right-thing
There is no wrong time to do the right thing.
soul swamps confession
Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it.
essays hate later life might pitch premise realized short spent time until waste worked york
I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
mistake college anchors
When I was a freshman in college, I went to a broadcast class by mistake. The first day, the instructor said, "Television anchors sound like they could be from everywhere and nowhere." From that point on, every time I was near an anchor, when no one was around, they would say something and I would say it right after them. It was this effort to get rid of my accent.