"Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer."

-- Leon Uris

#Motivation Quotes #Persistence Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“I no longer have a borrowed soul. I no longer have borrowed thoughts or ideas. I no longer speak in a borrowed language.”
“When someone has to do work for me, I lose my mind. I can't help it, I'm a bit of a control freak. I've always wanted something that would depict slow-moving paintings, stunning artwork that also incorporates movement. It was hard letting someone else create that vision for me, but I love it.”
“You can sit there, tense and worried, freezing the creative energies, or you can start writing something. It doesn't matter what. In five or ten minutes, the imagination will heat, the tightness will fade, and a certain spirit and rhythm will take over.”
“You see, in a world where elephants are pursued by flying men, people are just naturally going to want to get high.”

Source : "Fictional character: John Converse". "Who'll Stop the Rain", www.imdb.com. 1978.
“Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.”
“Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.”
“There's people that focus on the game and forget about the art. There's that specific special individual that can do both.”
“It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry. / Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, ' I am lonely.' / I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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