"Ask the proficient athlete, artist, businessperson, or homemaker what creates excellence and they'll all agree: a commitment to long-term goals - and with a community of mentors and fellow "disciples.""

“I’m going to be mentally ill in fifteen years, and that’s why my husband doesn’t want to be around me.”

“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you.”

Source : Arthur Plotnik (1984). “The elements of editing: a modern guide for editors and journalists”, Scribner Paper Fiction

“If you stepped out of bounds, or you stepped out of your tumbling path and didn't stick it. By the time you're done, you can count your own damn deductibles to know what your score is about to be. But this is completely different, it's so subjective. There are so many variables that don't make sense. You can't quantify someone's emotional connection to what you feel.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

“Just as the Torah and Bible teach concern for those in distress, the Koran instructs all Muslims to make caring for widows, orphans, and refugees a priority.”

“Waves are not measured in feet or inches, they are measured in increments of fear.”

“People think that as a celebrity, you have to have this sort of mystique about you, but I'm probably the realest person you'll ever meet.”

“YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.”

Source : Pat Pattison (2010). “Writing Better Lyrics”, p.20, Writer's Digest Books

“The thing I hear about a lot is when people over-sharpen their pencil with a single-blade pocket-sharpener and then when they put the pencil to the page, their tip breaks and pencil points always break irregularly. It always gets all jagged and you have to refresh the point. That's a common complaint.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net