Antonya Nelson Quotes

I guess the thing I would say most fervently is that your original impulse to write something is an impulse you should trust, and that if it doesn't work on the first draft, which it hardly ever does, the commitment to revising ought to be something you embrace really early. And to revise and revise and revise.

Antonya Nelson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 6, 1961

Topics

WorkTrustCommitmentYouEarlySay

I think when a lot of people hear the term 'country,' they step off from it.

Anderson East

StepPeopleThinkCountryOffHear

My children haven't even seen most of my movies.

Andie MacDowell

ChildrenMoviesSeenEvenMost

The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never occurs if you try to separate yourself as part of the problem.

Jeff Van Gundy

ResponsibilityBestYourselfInspire

I want to push myself.

Sonny Bill Williams

MyselfPushWant

I have a big ego, but I don't buy into it. I can't live off the ego. It's an honor that I get to be that guy onstage. It's not something I earned.

Steven Tyler

LiveEgoHonorBuyBigSomething

When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.

Rob Brydon

LifeChildrenTravelWorldThink

I only ever play Vegas one night at a time. It's a hideous, gaudy place; it may not be the end of the world per se, but you can certainly see it from there.

Robin Williams

TimeWorldNightEndVegasYou

Critics don't sell records, unfortunately. No one reads what they write anyway.

Ry Cooder

WriteCriticsSellRecordsAnyway

Someone needs to talk sense to the president. But these people are not world travelers. This president, much as I like him, had all the opportunities in the world.

Chris Matthews

PeopleWorldOpportunitiesSomeone

You don't become a poet if you want to make any money.

Claudia Rankine

MoneyYouWantBecomePoetMake

We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song.

Brian Harvey

MusicSongWriteIndustryRebellious

There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has to take the initiative to love and trust her fellow living creature and set us all free.

Brendan Myers

LoveFearLiveTrustFreeBetter

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