"When I'm there, it's pure silence. There are other writers there, too, and I get super competitive. I have this weird fear that some guy next to me is writing this amazing novel, so I got to compete."

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Matt de la Pena

#Writing Quotes #Silence Quotes #Guy Quotes

“Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you're having some sort of emotional trauma, you need to find a person to talk to about it who says, 'This is quite normal; it's fine.'”
“Life isn't a dress rehearsal”
“Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.”
“Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture.”
“You work for whatever you get in life.”
“You don't come to live here unless the delusion of a reality shaped around your own desires isn't a strong aspect of your personality. A reality shaped around your own desires - there is something sociopathic in that ambition.”
“I still work that expectation/disappointment cycle all the time. I think it is part of the human nature and I think the most important thing is not to judge it. We are human and we do have expectations and a lot of our expectations are often not met. It is a process of learning how to be kind and compassionate and loving to ourselves when we don't get the things we want when people, circumstances, and opportunities don't match our expectations.”
“I think it's almost easier to make people cry than to make people laugh”

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