Why, yes, I'm inspired by things other than words...
<<Recent purchase from Urban Outfitters.
<< I love layers.

From Anna's Facebook status:

"Stephen Colbert: 'I text allegiance to the flag of the United States of American Apparel and to the Facebook for which it friends, one nation, OMG, Indivizzibizzle, With Liberty and Jonas For All.' His 'Pledge 2.0' for the American Youth."

Hemingway's shortest short story, in six words:
"For sale: Baby shoes. Never used."

Oooooh.

From the same *article, I discovered that Joyce Carol Oates has published 36 novels (with 3 more on the way); she has pieces in 33 short-story collections under the name Rosamond Smith (3 written as Lauren Kelly) and 8 novellas. In addition = 12 volumes of essays & criticisms, 8 plays, and 10 poetry books. Sheesh, almighty woman! AND SHE TEACHES (at Princeton).

Some article quotes: "She seems to write like other people blog." "Writing is easy for Oates - some think too easy." "Isn't it [writing] supposed to be difficult, even for geniuses?" "The idea that creativity stops being creative if it happens to regularly: now there's something to make people uncomfortable with creative writing programs." "It's what keeps critics in business: there will always be something to write about."

*"Get With The Program: Creative Writing in the Twentieth Century" by Richard Beck, found in The Harvard Advocate - Spring 09 - via Scribd.com...