"It's tremendously hard work. Yes, I love arranging the words and having them fall on the ear the right way and you know you're not quite there and you're redoing it and redoing it and there's a wonderful thrill to it. But it is hard."

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Source : "The Authors' Roundtable". Interview with Jon Meacham, www.newsweek.com. June 26, 2009.

Elizabeth Strout

#Fall Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Writing Quotes

“An artist can have an intention, but the viewer has their own subjective experience.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.”
“A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself.”

Source : Matthew Sharpe (2007). “Jamestown: A Novel”, p.71, Soft Skull Press
“I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.”
“You have to put yourself to one side and get away from the 'Victorian poet' model where you are the universe. You have to do everything you can to take your ego out of the equation.”
“I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.”

Source : "Q&A – RJ Mitte (Walter Jr.)". AMCtv.com Interview, www.amc.com.
“People actually occupy around 3 per cent of the earth's land surface. If 1,200 square feet was given to every person in the world, they would still all fit into an area the size of Texas - whether the Texans would object is an altogether different issue!”
“Index investing outperforms active management year after year.”

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