Dorothea Benton Frank Quotes

If you want to know why all writers are a little crazy read 'The Midnight Disease' by Alice W. Flaherty. She talks about the drive to write, writer's block, and the creative brain. I know what's wrong with me!

Dorothea Benton Frank

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CreativeMeCrazyBrainDriveYou

I really think the disease aspect gets lost when you're talking about alcoholism and addiction; it's not like you're battling leukemia or a heart problem; it is that.

Jim Irsay

HeartThinkProblemTalkingYou

I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.

Joan Chen

BelieveAdviceGivingPersonNever

Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel.

Maxwell Maltz

ThinkFeelFeelingsStopPerson

The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end.

Robert Morgan

PoetryMeWritingEndLanguageKind

Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.

Tony Campolo

ChangeJobPeopleBetterFeelGuilt

I'm like a tree. My leaves might change color, but my roots are the same.

Rose Namajunas

ChangeTreeRootsColorSameLike

When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was now a thousand pound gorilla.

Lisa Gardner

MorningNew YorkMeSmallPhone Call

I know it's a cliche, but the sun makes me happy. When you can feel the sunshine on you, you feel better, happier, and naturally, every human being needs the sun.

Doutzen Kroes

SunshineHappySunMeBetterYou

You loan your friend money. You see them again, they don't say nothin' 'bout the money. 'Hi, how ya doin'? How's ya mama doing?' Man, how's my money doin'?

Chris Tucker

FriendMoneyManDoingYouSay

The hardest pill for me to swallow has been receiving recognition, getting dressed up, going to events. That's the part that has always terrified me. You can see dozens of photos where I have zero hair and makeup and I'm wearing my own jeans and T-shirt, because I was not that interested in that side of it.

Brie Larson

MeHairMakeupRecognitionYouSee

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

Arthur C. Clarke

InspirationalImpossibleLimitsGoing

My faith always has been and always will be important to me.

Aretha Franklin

FaithMeImportantWillAlwaysBeen

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