Roger Rosenblatt Quotes

When autumn shadows throw their patterns across the land, they are not the images of fragile, dying leaves, not the bared arms of lofty elms, not shadows of a fading summer; but swinging shapes as of books upon a strap, of round and square boxes held under an arm, of hurrying little people heading towards the nearest school.

I'm having a seriously hard time getting used to the fact that summer is over and I have to get out of bed every morning to go to school.

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.

Work is the opposite of creativity.

I have a routine I go through on the days that I work, and I don't want to divert from that.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

Working is the best thing for me because I'm borderline ADHD, so I need some kind of focus or I go a bit extreme. I need work to keep me sensible.

I'm not a big fan of Sundays, but now that my life is kind of chaotic, structure-wise, I don't really notice it's Sunday most of the time. But I used to associate it - when I was in school - to 'back to school on Monday,' so I didn't like that day.

I try to keep a regular work schedule.

I generally concentrate on work for three or four hours every morning. I sit at my desk and focus totally on what I’m writing. I don’t see anything else, I don’t think about anything else.

My birthday is in August - right before September, so I have that "back to school" feeling ingrained in me so that time of year is when I usually do personal goals or resolutions.

At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry on with writing.

I'm reading and trying to find a television show that I really like, so I can start really working again and gain some momentum.

The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.

it's back to school time. or as home-schoolers call it, stay-where-you-are time.

It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.

When you understand how the mind-brain functions together, you know that faith, which is believing before seeing, is the natural process of creation.

Small though it is, the human brain can be quite effective when used properly.

Keep thinking. You can hear our brains rattling around inside us, like the littler Russian dolls.

Insight comes at a moment of transition between work and relaxation.

To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"

My parents found tradition and ritual very important, because they were both brought up that way and found comfort in it. They thought it was important for children to be kept on a schedule. You went home for the holidays, you went to mass on Sunday - no ifs, ands, or buts. That was ingrained in me from a very young age, and I think that's informed who I am in so many aspects of my life. I crave stability and a schedule and the security that comes along with it.

The most fundamental principle of the organized mind, the one most critical to keeping us from forgetting or losing things, is to shift the burden of organizing from our brains to the external world.

Any of us probably could do more important things than we are doing. Any of us could use some changes in our tasks. But none of us - and still stay alive and sane - could do without something to do.