All Quotes By Tag: Creative-writing
“Art is the overflow of emotion into action.”
“At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that — the young man or the young woman must possess or teach himself, train himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try and to try until it comes right. He must train himself in ruthless intolerance. That is, to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph. The most important thing is insight, that is … curiosity to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does. And if you have that, then I don’t think the talent makes much difference, whether you’ve got that or not.[Press conference, University of Virginia, May 20, 1957]”
“Destroy your life; then put it back together.You’ll get great material, meet some fascinating characters and – side benefit – the skills you develop will give you greater compassion, insight and range with the people you create on the page – or run into off of it.”
“Common man’s patience will bring him more happiness than common man’s power.”
“Music is the fastest motivator in the world.”
“Making a product is just an activity, making a profit on a product is the achievement.”
“In a democracy government is the God.”
“You can take the Indian out of the family, but you cannot take the family out of the Indian.”
“What luck has gave you will probably leave you.”
“In united families, they might sleep with half filled stomach but no one sleeps with empty stomach.”
“If thinking should precede acting, then acting must succeed thinking.”
“When you were making excuses someone else was making enterprise.”
“Cowards say it can’t be done, critics say it shouldn’t have been done, creator say well done.”
“During a conversation, listening is as powerful as loving.”
“Some of us can live without a society but not without a family.”