Desk Notes by Charles Schifano

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To care about the state and quality of writing today is to scream into a void while knowing that the void does nothing but laugh.
Charles Schifano
Nothing makes you doubt the merits of a music education more than a neighbor who takes up the violin.
Charles Schifano
In the São Paulo summer, the air is salty and thick and the rains are always just minutes away.
Charles Schifano
You might recognize these undulations if you’ve ever struggled with a new language.
Charles Schifano
If you are ever lost in an Italian city, look for Dante Alighieri street.
Charles Schifano
Despite the desires of some readers, nobody should expect any good novels about Covid.
Charles Schifano
Museum exhibit labels have the peculiar quality of giving you both too much and not enough information.
Charles Schifano
To spend the majority of your time crafting artificial symbols on a surface—whether your medium is stone, paper, or pixels—will always be a curious…
Charles Schifano
To read an incomplete manuscript is to catch a writer in the nude.
Charles Schifano
Later is a word for when you’re feeling sluggish and directionless and just a little bit glum, for when you’re avoiding what you must confront.
Charles Schifano
Tossing out the word fate might be sufficient to hush most dinner parties.
Charles Schifano
The year is 1955, and we’re in London, amid the bustle and pomp and fuss of a fashion house.
Charles Schifano
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