Susan Choi Quotes

I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So I stopped trying to fit the material I was working with into these tidy little short fiction packages.

Susan Choi

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GoodWritingShortTryingEarly

People from different backgrounds approach a subject in different ways and ask different questions.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

PeopleQuestionsAskDifferentWays

Nothing makes you try harder than to be told that you are not good enough or that you simply do not have the skills.

Max Aaron

GoodNot Good EnoughEnoughYouTry

I am a writer. It's like a third arm to me.

Michael Finkel

I AmMeLikeWriterThirdArm

Our hope in life beyond death is a hope made possible, not by some general sentimental belief in life after death, but by our participation in the life of Christ.

Stanley Hauerwas

LifeHopeDeathBeliefPossible

I had hippie parents, and I found it difficult to figure out how to rebel against them.

Stewart Butterfield

ParentsRebelDifficultOutHippie

I've finally figured out how to make a Rodney Crowell record, and that's let it be, leave the mistakes.

Rodney Crowell

MistakesOutLeaveFinallyMakeHow

I have an admiration for Mr. Eastwood that borders on the kind that I have for the Grand Canyon. Like it, he is craggy, worn, awesomely impressive and unique, a living four-star tourist attraction that, in the formulaic words of the Guide Michelin, 'vaut le voyage.'

Michael Korda

WordsUniqueGrand CanyonLiving

I got to play with my older brother in high school and college, and I played with my younger brother in high school and college, so I kind of get to do everything, so it was really pretty sweet.

Chris Gronkowski

SchoolBrotherCollegeSweetPlay

I am well aware of my good fortune, and I only hope to diversify so I can do what I'm already doing for more people as opposed to being so large and so great that I no longer want to do the thing that got me here.

Tituss Burgess

GoodHopeGreatI AmPeopleMe

I've nothing against Goldman Sachs. But Goldman Sachs isn't an investment bank. Goldman Sachs is a hedge fund. It's bigger than any hedge fund. It's more leveraged, to the power of three or five, than any hedge fund.

Nouriel Roubini

PowerInvestmentThreeNothingMore

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Richard M. Nixon

NatureChangeHopeHistoryRespect

We all know that I love writing Gambit.

Marjorie Liu

LoveWritingKnowI Love

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