Words I Wish I Wrote by Robert Fulghum

Words I Wish I Wrote by Robert Fulghum

The confirming statements, quotes, and credos that Fulghum has recorded in his journals for years are collected here in Words I Wish I Wrote. Organized by sections on a variety of topics from -Companions' to -God,' -Bene-Dictions' to -Contr-Dictions,' and -Simplify' to -Believe,' Fulghum has woven together inspirational quotes from a diverse group of sources-Jerry Garcia to Albert Camus, Dylan Thomas to Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust to Beatrix Potter. At the beginning of each section of quotations, there is a short personal essay and at the end of each section, Fulghum adds some personal comments on the sources.

Robert Fulghum has worked as a cowboy, a folksinger, an IBM salesman, a professional artist, a parish pastor, a bartender, a teacher of drawing and painting, and a father in addition to being a writer, philosopher, and public speaker. What I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten has sparked a slew of theater productions that have wowed audiences all over the country. Fulghum's works include the New York Times bestsellers It Was on Fire When I Laid Down on It, Uh-Oh, and Maybe (Maybe Not), as well as two plays: What I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas. He is a resident of Seattle, Washington.