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Ethan Slater Quotes

I know that my father was a little nervous about me pursuing a career in the arts.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: american
Birth: June 2, 1992

Topics

Father Me Career Know Nervous Arts

I think everything that happens, happens for a reason.

Jimmy Garoppolo

Think Reason Everything Happens

My father served 26 years in the Air Force as a pilot and a pioneer in our missile programs. I learned early about the sacrifices a family makes when a member is repeatedly deployed, and also the fulfillment that comes from serving our country. My brother, my son and I all became Marines.

Family Father Son Brother Early Air

I tell my students that with a 200-page novel, you are going to write 100 pages that don't make the final cut. See it as an opportunity, although it took me a while to enjoy that 'lost in the woods' feeling.

Opportunity Me Woods Enjoy You Lost

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

Love Dating Literature Others Chosen

Other kids went out and beat each other up or played baseball, and I built electronics.

Baseball Out Up Beat Electronics

I have this theory about us. When we started writing our own songs, we were 17 years old. When you're 17, you write songs for other 17-year-olds. We stopped growing musically when we were 17. We still write songs for 17-year-olds.

Writing You Growing Write Musically

I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.

Success Door Back Get Understood

You get somebody to crack a smile, that's a beautiful thing.

Smile Beautiful You Get Crack Thing

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

Beautiful Time Brain Writing Better

When you're with a group of semi-psychotic people, you kind of lose track of reality; it's almost like being in some sort of cult or something.

People Reality You Lose Kind Group

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

Life Determination Great Book Begins

I'm not perfect at all.

Not Perfect Perfect

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