"I love memoirs, particularly obscure ones because the writer is usually a regular guy just telling what happened to him and to his friends. What these tales lack in artfulness they make up for in passion and authenticity. For a writer of fiction, they are solid gold. I have stolen so much from memoirs it's ridiculous."

-- Steven Pressfield

#Passion Quotes #Guy Quotes #Gold Quotes

“I know most people always thank people for believing in them - I actually want to thank people that didn't believe in me.”
“When I meet a new person, I donâ€™t see race or religion. I look deeper. We must learn to satisfy our conflicts peacefully and to respect one another.”
“I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.”
“I beg. I call. I badger. I cajole. Part of the secret is everyone has fun and thats really motivating.”
“I learned that you don't have to be saddled for life with the mental attitudes you adopted in early childhood. All of us are free to change our minds, and as we change our minds, our experiences will also change.”
“The pressure on language to deteriorate does not come merely from below, from the "democratic" lev-elers. It comes also from above, from the fancy jar-gonmongers, idle game players, fashionable coteries for second-rate intellectuals.”
“I'm just looking for a little mystery in life... like things you can't explain. Like, you go to Mexico, they tell you don't drink the water. You go to any diner here, who brings you the water? It's a mystery.”
“Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by attempting to work.”

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