"Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones who discover what is most important and strangest and most pleasurable in themselves, and keep believing in the value of their work, despite the difficulties."

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Source : Bonnie Friedman (1993). “Writing past dark: envy, fear, distraction, and other dilemmas in the writer's life”

Bonnie Friedman

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Successful Quotes

“I feel no shame about having paintings be as grandiose and ridiculous as possible.”

Source : Interview with Rachel Kushner, www.believermag.com. May 2003.
“I was really stuck in the whole Farah Fawcett hairdo long after it was past being in fashion.”

Source : IGN For Men interview, www.ign.com. March 10, 2002.
“Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life better.”
“Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.”
“Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days.”
“Authentic human interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role.”
“I mean, the best thing for my knee, for anyone's knee, is to never play again and retire. But I'm not going to do that.”
“There are areas of music that I've never been to before, so that's always nice thing to have in life. That there are other areas you haven't been to. You haven't covered all the ground, and there's plenty more uncharted territory to cover as well.”

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