Showing posts with label Honore de Balzac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Honore de Balzac. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hold Your Peace, Before You Make Your Piece





The Critical Voice: 

He* is no doubt a chainsmoker, drinks coffee like Balzac**, self-injects testosterone (in the eyeball!), and does coke off his desk.

Quiet the mind and lock him out. 

Now get to work.



*He is most likely a he, whatever the gender of the thinker. 


**Balzac drank 53 cups a day while writing – and died of a heart attack at 51.

Friday, May 17, 2013

"According to legend, Honore de Balzac drank 50 cups of coffee a day to fuel his writing."





He also died of a heart attack at 51. 


(It was probably worth it, though.)

The headline quote was found here.