"If writing has taught me anything, it's that you don't actually understand anything until you can express it in words."

-- Kevin Bleyer

#Writing Quotes #Taught Quotes #Ifs Quotes

“I'm ambitious and I'm determined and I know where I'm going to be. It's not where I want to be, but where I'm going to be.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Being me is no different than being most anyone else, I guess.”
“One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.”

Source : Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. January 18, 2012.
“I touched an Oscar once. Friend of mine has one, for writing. As soon as I touched it, he said, Now you'll never win one.”
“No-one gets an iron-clad guarantee of success. Certainly, factors like opportunity, luck and timing are important. But the backbone of success is usually found in old-fashioned, basic concepts like hard work, determination, good planning and perseverance.”
“Good resolutions are a pleasant crop to sow. -The seed springs up so readily, and the blossoms open so soon with such a brave show, especially at first. But when the time of flowers has passed, what as to the fruit?”
“What was the worst thing you've ever done? I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me...the most dreadful thing...”

Source : Peter Straub (2015). “Ghost Story”, p.29, Penguin
“One thing about failing repeatedly: If you're still doing it after you've failed that much, you really mean it.”

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