Joe

“Teaching, like writing, is an extended exercise in failure. You make a plan, do your best to execute, have some portion of your ass handed to you by circumstances and events you could not foresee, and try to do better next time around.”
― John Warner, Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities

“To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of who we are.”
― Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back

“You can ask ChatGPT to tell a story, but none of those stories belong to ChatGPT.”
― John Warner, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI

“We've all spent time imagining ourselves inhabiting the bodies of our childhood heroes, like avatars in a way, and it's thrilling. But at some point, it's time to put those urges to rest. After all, those bodies are already being used by their original owners.”
― David Byrne, How Music Works