Will Hall
Will Hall
Will Hallis an American mental health advocate, counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is a leader in the peer support movement and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement. Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is recognized internationally as an innovator in the treatment and societal response to psychosis...
attainable pipe reckon writers
I don't reckon there are many writers who start out really expecting writing to be an attainable occupation. Well, I didn't. It was a pipe dream.
life novels people power tie
I don't like novels that tie everything up in a plot-y way. I always think that's not really true of life, particularly of people in power.
although asking people
I am a feminist, although I always worry saying that because you then get people asking you about the 1970s.
craft
For every prescriptive idea about the craft of fiction, there's at least one writer who makes a virtue of the contrary.
fear power relative
Fear is a relative thing; its effects are relative to power.
site tend
Dystopian novels, such as Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four,' often tend to site their despotised or deformed civilisations in urban environments.
ability deals literature magnetic people somehow step
A lot of my literature deals with these people who are somehow magnetic because they have that ability to step over lines.
amazing god knew outside roaming sort splendid wolf
When you are a kid, a wolf is an amazing sight, so sumptuous. I sort of knew these were splendid creatures, that I was not going to find them outside roaming around. It was like a dog, but not a dog. It was incredible, a god!
beauty conversation mode
The beauty of interdisciplinary conversation is that the mode of expression is essentially different for each practitioner, even if ideas are shared.
work
My work is of me; it's not me. I want it to be far more extraordinary than I am.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a palaeontologist. I wanted to dig up dinosaurs.
less
We have less than 1,200 on the list.
attract quality retain
We want to attract and retain quality educators, and that's the goal.
Overall, we did pretty well. But (today) is when we'll really find out how we're doing because it's about to get really tough.