Elizabeth Wurtzel Quotes

Everything good takes a great amount of effort. Like, things went wrong with 'Prozac Nation' so much, and it went through so many rejections and incarnations, but I felt so much that it needed to exist. But if I hadn't been so persistent and insistent, it wouldn't have happened.

Elizabeth Wurtzel

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 31, 1967

Topics

GoodGreatEffortWrongEverything

We're conditioned to let businesses fail, regardless of how much we like them. We believe that if the market doesn't want that bookstore to exist, then it shouldn't exist.

Andrew Yang

BelieveWantFailExistMarketLike

The only thing I want to be satisfied in life is to do one reunion tour with Guns N' Roses. I would like to finish what I started with them.

Steven Adler

LifeRosesReunionWantFinishGuns

When it shall be known that, at the time which I was accused of wishing to sunder this island from France - my benefactress - I repeated the oath of fidelity to her, I take pleasure in believing that the government I own, and my fellow-citizens, will render me the justice I merit, and that the enemies of my brethren will be reduced to silence.

Toussaint Louverture

TimeJusticeSilenceGovernmentMe

Research can be a big clunker. It's difficult to know how you can make the historical light.

Michael Ondaatje

LightResearchYouKnowDifficult

I've always been fascinated with aristocracy. I'm really interested in the Ivy Leagues, the final clubs, all the really old-money families, the concept of old money.

Lorde

MoneyOldAlwaysFinalIvyBeen

The idea of growing up in the South and being a man is an interesting thing; there's a lot masculinity involved, with hunting, fishing, and playing sports that rural people take pride in, but at the same time, I grew up really not wanting to hate anybody.

Jason Isbell

SportsTimeHateFishingManPeople

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

Denis Diderot

GreatSoulGreat ThingsElevateOnly

I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other.

Chris Martin

RelationshipTogetherThinkYouWhy

We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.

William Ruckelshaus

FashionNeedAtmosphereIncentives

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare

QuestionTo Be Or Not To Be

I never wanted to be a celebrity writer. I wanted to be a good writer. I'm still trying to be a good writer. That's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

Thomas McGuane

GoodMorningMeTryingCelebrity

I never wanted to do film. I don't have the right face, and I don't like stardom. I like the fact that I have this wonderful thing that gives you status, but I'm most interested in doing decent work.

Tim Pigott-Smith

WorkFaceDoingYouNeverRight

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