the directory

[W]hen we launch in a territory the Bittorrent traffic drops as the Netflix traffic grows. So I think people do want a great experience and they want access – people are mostly honest. The best way to combat piracy isn’t legislatively or criminally but by giving good options. One of the side effects of growth of content is an expectation to have access to it. You can’t use the internet as a marketing vehicle and then not as a delivery vehicle.

(via fozmeadows)

FOR ME, NOVEL-WRITING IS ALL ABOUT COPING WITH THE FORM’S UTTER IMPERFECTABILITY. SHORT-STORY-WRITING, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS ALL ABOUT COPING WITH THE FORM’S VEXING PERFECTIBILITY.

—Junot Diaz on the differences between novels and stories, 

Huffington, The Literary Issue — September 21, 2012.

STORIES ABOUT FOOD ARE STORIES ABOUT US—OUR HISTORY AND OUR VALUES. WITHIN MY FAMILY’S JEWISH TRADITION, I CAME TO LEARN THAT FOOD SERVES TWO PARALLEL PURPOSES: IT NOURISHES AND IT HELPS YOU REMEMBER. EATING AND STORYTELLING ARE INSEPARABLE—THE SALTWATER IS ALSO TEARS; THE HONEY NOT ONLY TASTES SWEET, BUT MAKES US THINK OF SWEETNESS; THE MATZO IS THE BREAD OF OUR AFFLICTION.