"I think fiction is about small ambition, small failed ambition."

-- Ethan Canin

#Ambition Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“I want to know why this is such a part of me. I want to know why this thing that happened to other people has happened so much to me. I keep looking for the lesson.”
“The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.419
“Like most authors, I'm a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access, I would waste countless hours looking up things about myself, writing fake posts about how great I am and arguing with people who don't like my work. It saves me a lot of time and frustration to just stay out of the loop.”
“The struggle to the top alone will make a human heart SWELL.”
“If history is any guide, much of what we take for granted simply isn't true.”
“Prostitutes, more than any other profession, help keep American marriages together.”
“I'm trying to do something real different; I'm trying to bring the street to real pop. I'm trying to bring the street to pop. Not watering it down, no nothing.”
“It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.”

Source : "Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien", www.cnn.com. June 14, 2012.

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