"When, in the autumn of 1947, I was fired from the first and only job I have ever held, I wanted one thing out of life: to become a writer."

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Source : William Styron (2015). “My Generation: Collected Nonfiction”, p.397, Random House

William Styron

#Jobs Quotes #Autumn Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“My father taught me how to substitute realities.”
“I began to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in.”
“It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions.”

Source : Harvey Milk (2013). “An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings”, p.73, Univ of California Press
“Cause if you’re happy in your head, then solitude is blessed, and alone is okay.”
“Over the summer we chatted one night while Angie stripped a bed, changed wet sheets, comforted and repajamaed a toddler, and chased down a car of speeding teenagers while shaking a brick at them, never once interrupting the conversation or setting down her margarita. The only reason this woman isn't president of General Motors is because she's chosen not to be.”
“Nowadays New-York is not the exciting place it used to be. It still has great energy; I still put my finger in the socket. But it doesn't feel alive, cracking with that synergy between the art world and music world and fashion world that was happening in the 80s. A lot of people died.”
“Creativity is not like the weather: You can do something about it. And you can measure it well enough to determine its effect on sales and profits.”

Source : John Kao (2009). “Jamming: Art and Discipline of Business Creativit”, p.22, Harper Collins
“[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.”

Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.136, Random House

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