Real life is just one damned thing after another.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Endless Challenges
E
Present Focus
P
I suppose all we can do is live day to day.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Age and Wisdom
A
No one’s serious at seventeen.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Historical Patterns
H
World events all end in three ways: tragedy, farce, or a mixture of both.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Curiosity Over Comfort
C
People want what they already know. But journalists shouldn’t.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Complex Narratives
C
Every story is a palimpsest.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Life’s Paradox
L
Life is bearable even when it’s unbearable: that is what’s so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Power of Individuals
P
It’s always the small people who change things. It’s never the politicians or the big guys.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Storytelling Urge
S
Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists
Peaceful Quietude
P
There are some silences that you welcome.
Tom Rachman – The Imperfectionists