"Writing is not the lottery. New writers have to be realistic about what it takes to get published. But there is one similarity to the lottery: You have to play to win."

-- Lori Perkins

#Writing Quotes #Winning Quotes #Play Quotes

“I always thought if you worked hard enough and tried hard enough, things would work out. I was wrong.”
“I think you can train yourself to block out some of that pressure and replace it with confidence. It's about preparation, and the more prepared I am, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com
“Often with good sentiments we produce bad literature.”
“So is it always nationalist to resist US globalization? The US thinks it is, and wants you to agree; and, moreover, to consider US interests as being universal ones.”

Source : Fredric Jameson (2009). “Valences of the Dialectic”, Verso Books
“Being deeply aware of fragility and ecstasy seems to me an essential part of being alive and living fully - and there's no way for me to separate this from my poems.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“We don't know what to do with our own pain, so what to do with the pain of others? We don't know what to do with our own weakness except hide it or pretend it doesn't exist. So how can we welcome fully the weakness of another if we haven't welcomed our own weakness?”
“The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.”
“It is only when people can feel that their lives and the property which their industry has produced today will continue to be safe...that there can be...stability of value and...economic progress...”

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