"Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain."

-- Theodore Dreiser

#Writing Quotes #Next Quotes #Pits Quotes

“I've won plenty of games by knowing when to take out my pitcher; whom to replace him with; or how to place my infield or outfield to defend properly against the opposing hitter.”
“If I- if I competed in Bruno Sammartino's era, I'd have been champion for 20 years, too. No, I'd have been champion for 30 years. Because wrestling one night a month at Madison Square Garden is easy. You never see a Hulk Hogan wrestle TLC matches against a superstar like Ryback. Because he had it easy. I wrestle physically demanding matches on free television, week in and week out. So much that my one year equals 30 of theirs. And I have attained this success, not- not because of you. I am successful not because of you. I am successful in spite of you.”
“It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other, including strangers.”
“Wu-Tang is for the children.”
“Which is bigger? A baby eagle or a giant crow?”
“You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.”
“I'm a songwriter; that's where it starts. I love writing with someone that shares that same feeling of accomplishment. I'll play music for my fans as long as they'll listen, but I fancy myself as a writer first.”
“Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings.”

Source : "The Traveler". Book by John Twelve Hawks, 2005.

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