"Writing is self-taught. Consulting other people only teaches you to depend on their reactions, which may or may not be legitimate. Quit looking for approval ... Learn to evaluate your own work with a dispassionate eye ... the lessons you acquire will be all the more valuable because you've mastered your craft from within."

-- Sue Grafton

#Writing Quotes #Eye Quotes #Self Quotes

“Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because we have been through all this before. The "surge" of several years ago was supposed to provide space and time for Iraqi political interests to work out their differences. 30,000 additional U.S. troops failed to lead to any working out of those differences, and the outcome is the mess we see today.”
“I don't want to be the honored guest. I want to be the invisible person.”
“The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it's an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment out of something that is far from flawless.”

Source : "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)". A movie review at www.reelviews.net,
“What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.”
“As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness.”

Source : "Glee's Chris Colfer and Amber Riley: Everyone Needs a Creative Outlet". Interview with Erin Hill, parade.com. October 29, 2010.
“You can't force yourself to say "yes" to a bigger life. You will do it in your way. You will do it when smallness hurts too much.”
“I did a lot of writing for a lot of different kinds of bands that I was in and out of during those five years and that left me with a little body of songs that I liked better when I played alone, so I ended up going out solo and very soon made my first album.”
“Renounce all those material things that you gained by exploiting other human beings.”

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