"People put off writing thinking they don't have the time or enough of an opinion to matter and that is crap. You are the only one standing in your own way, so get started."

-- C.C. Chapman

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I think sometimes when people start doing improv there's some regression towards trying to replicate the "good" improvisers that they've read about in their improv books or heard about from their teachers. That's understandable, because they're trying to learn technique and stuff, but I actually think that my favorite performers are ones who have unique improv technique but also have a unique point of view that you can feel with them and their performances.”
“Everyone thinks that religion is the ball and chain. But the reality is that sin is the ball and chain. A relationship with Christ is the freedom that people are looking for in alcohol and drugs.”
“It's okay to be envious - but only of the person you aspire to become.”
“There are plenty of images of women in science fiction. There are hardly any women.”

Source : Joanna Russ (2007). “The Country You Have Never Seen: Essays and Reviews”
“But it's funny how the memory works and how sometimes we just belive whatever we want.”

Source : "Secrets of Eden". Book by Chris Bohjalian, 2010.
“Pick something you love and work your ***** off, no matter what people say.”
“Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified.”
“I think, especially when you're on TV, once you become associated with one genre or the other, it's near impossible to break into the other one, even if you have experience with both.”

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