Recently, a workshop professor at school assigned us a task: write ten aphorisms. I'd never written aphorisms before, and I wasn't quite sure where to start. There's a few he liked, but sometimes my humor goes over like a lead zeppelin.
1. You're never too old to hold your father's hand.
2. Coddling never made anyone great.
3. It isn't possible to truly be friends with a compulsive liar.
4. The pain of waiting is relieved by action.
5. The hardest thing about creating art is sooner or later, you have to let someone else take a look at it.
6. There's a big difference between thinking you're funny and being funny.
7. To be smart is to know when to challenge yourself, and when to limit yourself.
8. If you spend all your time looking forward, you won't see your future until it's past.
9. A good hard fall is better than not knowing what it feels like to stumble.
10. Patience is not a virtue. Getting things done is a virtue.
11. A scar can be a blessing or a curse, because everyone can see where you've been hurt, but they will also want to know how.
12. Not every artist has to suffer. Those who live in an ideal world must be capable of finding and creating great beauty.
13. A writing workshop is like training a puppy. Sooner or later, everyone gets shit on.
