James Atlas famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

All of us, I suspect, imagine that a world exists from which we alone have been excluded; all of us have our noses pressed against the glass. But if we contemplate our own lives, not the phantom life on the other side, we might find things in them to envy-a family thatâ€™s intact; a job we like; excellent health (the thing we take for granted and on which all happiness depends). Good fortune is there, however sporadic, however modest, however difficult to achieve. The trick is to recognize it.
-- James Atlas

#Jobs #Glasses #Envy
To read Wilson.. is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.
-- James Atlas

#Amusement #Wilson #Educated
Writing is the worst part of being a writer.
-- James Atlas

#Writing #Worst
A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation.
-- James Atlas

#Reputation #Dignity

You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.
I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.
Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.
The Middle East has the highest unemployment percentage of any region in the world we have the largest youth cohort of history coming into the market place that frustration does translate into the political sphere when people are hungry and without jobs.
I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?
The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.
This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
In Britain, because I live here, I can also run into problems of envy and competition. But all this is just in a day's work for a writer. You can't put stuff out there without someone calling you a complete fool. Oh, well.
We should keep a careful diary of our moments of envy: they are our covert guides to what we should try to do next.

James Atlas famous quotes

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