"It's not for the writer to say whether the thing is successful or not."

--

Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.

David Bezmozgis

#Successful Quotes

“We in Himalaya are facing a crisis of survival due to the suicidal activities being carried out in the name of developmentâ€¦ The monstrous Tehri dam is a symbol of thisâ€¦ There is need for a new and long-term policy to protect the dying Himalaya. I do not want to see the death of the most sacred river of the world-theÂ Ganga- for short-term economic gains.”
“I know these dirty cops that'll get us in if we murder some Wop.”
“Notions of property, value, ownership, and the nature of wealth itself are changing more fundamentally than at any time since the Sumerians first poked cuneiform into wet clay and called it stored grain ... few people are aware of the enormity of this shift and fewer of them are lawyers or public officials.”
“Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter once said, 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.' Well Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.”
“By questioning all the aspects of our business, we continuously inject improvement and innovation into our culture.”
“He who loves his work never labors.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.42, David C Cook
“If you have an image of someone cutting off a relationship, it's the cutting off that will lead to your suffering. If you see the action as their need being expressed, then the message is within them, not you. Any interpretation you put onto another person's message (such as passive-aggressive, withholding, etc.), you will pay for because of how you took it.”
“Talkers expand like bread dough.”

You may also like:

Daniel Alarcon
Author
Dionne Brand
Poet
Esi Edugyan
Novelist
Gary Shteyngart
Writer
Lynn Coady
Novelist
Miriam Toews
Writer
Rivka Galchen
Writer
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
Writer
Heather O'Neill
Novelist