Barry Ritholtz Quotes

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.

I just talk, and I guess some of my views came out.

Read as much as you can, and then sit down and write.

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

I kind of do all of this writing as a way of thinking and learning. I'm sure it's similar to being a journalist: You get to learn, and that's the greatest kind of job.

When you're writing something that is truly original it takes time.

Oftentimes, I need to write about something in order to understand it.

You can't learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can't learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can't learn to think without thinking. Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.

Writing is the litmus paper of thoughtthe very center of schooling.

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

I'm glad to share my views.

It takes time and effort and preparation to think. Statesmen are far too busy making speeches to think.

It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.

What could be wiser and to give people who can think the leisure in which to do it.

History is not only the record of the past, but also the discipline of investigating and interpreting the past. The study of history develops habits of critical thinking and effective writing, as well as cultivates the careful analysis of various types of quantitative and qualitative evidence.

I like to write, and I try to be positive and optimistic.

When you're writing, you're putting thought into what you want to express, and then you come up with it - it comes to you. When you're improvising, it's the same thing. You're writing. You just say it out loud right then, instead of saying, 'You think this might work?'

If you're going to write, you're going to have to force yourself to really study the world.

I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.

My office-hour reading is fairly ad hoc: I generally read whatever seems relevant to what I'm editing, writing, or thinking about writing.

A little irreverence is always important to being a columnist. I try to do that.

Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.

I try to write an essay every time I speak.

I like to consume information. I like to learn.