"Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everything sucks."

-- Robin Pecknold

#Block Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.”
“A mistake made with good in your heart is still a mistake, but it is one for which you must forgive yourself.”

Source : Linda Sue Park (2002). “When My Name Was Keoko”, p.80, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The war brought out all the art in me.”
“Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them.”
“Being in nature is inspiring. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and spent countless hours of my youth wandering the woods in awe of the beauty that exists all around us.”

Source : "Actor Allison McAtee: The best in everyone, being a crybaby, and practicing japa meditation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.”

Source : "Woman in design: Annabelle Selldorf". Elle Decor Interview, www.elledecor.com. November 10, 2008.
“It is folly to use as one's guide in the selection of fundamental science the criterion of utility. Not because (scientists)... despise utility. But because. .. useful outcomes are best identified after the making of discoveries, rather than before.”
“Throughout your life advance daily, becoming more skilful than yesterday, more skilful than today. This is never-ending.”

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