"Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning."

-- Phyllis A. Whitney

#Perseverance Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“You see the assets of your actors and you see their strengths and you try to play into them. It's like I feel part of my job is as a coach. I'm putting a team on the field and you want to formulate how to make the best game out of these players.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I resisted the film business as long as I could, because of the big circus act and the amount of money that it costs to make films - I saw my father suffer through that.”

Source : "Danny Huston Does The Boogie Woogie". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. April 21, 2010.
“O, there is lovely to feel a book, a good book, firm in the hand, for its fatness holds rich promise, and you are hot inside to think of good hours to come.”

Source : RICHARD LLEWELLYN (1967). “HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY”
“Drunkenness doesn't create vices, but it brings them to the fore.”
“Humility is not self deprecating, rather it is the quiet internal confidence allowing you to accept things as they are, especially yourself; that epiphany opens the way to personal greatness.”
“Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.”
“Nobody wants to follow somebody who doesn't know where he's going.”
“Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “The Blade Itself: The First Law: Book One”, p.7, Hachette UK

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