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
knowledge labels world
If everything had a label, we would live in a fully delineated but false world.
responsibility leaving-me persons
To avoid taking responsibility, I become unresponsive but hang on until the other person leaves me.
littles reader
Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.
The more learned a writer, the more digression beckons him.
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.