Mason Cooley
Mason Cooley
Mason Cooleywas an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
taste frivolous
Anybody can lead a frivolous life. A frivolous writer, however, must have taste and intelligence.
lying
Writers tell more truths, and more lies, than most.
writing play roles
Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.
writing urgent
I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.
The writer considers sayability before anything else.
familiar invitations
The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar.
love-making midst description
Even in the midst of love-making, writers are working on the description.
sex writing cruelty
Sex and writing live on playful cruelties.
writing sorrow unhappiness
Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.
rooms reader
Always leave room for the reader to supply meanings.
dream existence sentences
I dream of summing everything up in the greatest sentence ever written.
reading ethos pathos
Reading more than life teaches us to recognize ethos and pathos.
reading civilized inner-life
Reading civilized the inner life.
reading book causes
Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.