Do not seek prizes that aren't worth getting.
Caterina Fake
Recitation: by Male by Female
Retiring from writing is to avoid the inevitable bitterness which a writing career is bound to deliver as its end product in almost every case.
Jim Crace
WritingEndCareerBitternessAvoid
I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.
John McGahern
WritingReadingThinkLearnWaySee
Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.
Anna Deavere Smith
TimePeopleRestRealityPenCreate
When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.
Michael Birch
DayMindGameComputersThinking
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.
Steve Jobs
LifeBestCreativeMeMy LifeApple
A people free to choose will always choose peace.
Ronald Reagan
PeacePeopleFreeChooseWill
I grew up in a few houses because my dad was a builder, so we used to build and sell quite a lot.
Louise Nurding
BuildUpUsedBecauseSellHouses
Ego is the great enemy. Ego will hold you back every single time.
Nikki Sixx
GreatTimeEgoYouBackEnemy
It's a pleasure playing your big hit records and it's a real joy to see the audience.
Martin Fry
JoyRealPleasureAudienceSeeBig
I think male authors who want to try to tackle these issues of representation of women can generally do a better job if they try to question traditional notions of masculinity and the sort of toxic nature of traditional ways of presenting masculinity.
Ken Liu
NatureWomenJobThinkBetterWant
I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work.
Kurt Russell
WorkGoodStoryThinkCareerFind
We cannot turn away because a topic is unpleasant or vile. Why? Because one way to rid our society of evil is to confront it boldly.
Kimberly Guilfoyle
EvilSocietyWhyWayTurnBecause
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