"At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound similar. They aren't. Confidence is what politicians, seducers and currency speculators have, but persistence is a quality found in termites. It's the blind drive to keep on working that persists after confidence breaks down."

-- Walter Kirn

#Persistence Quotes #Quality Quotes #Needs Quotes

“A perfectionist is someone who finishes the backside of a drawer, which I consider completely unnecessary.”
“I feel 100% sure that I have the career that I have today because of independent filmmaking.”
“I'm no romantic, surfing, California boy. I like reading, writing, philosophizing. Scheming. I've been doing some exploration of the inner space.”
“Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.”

Source : Gail Sheehy (2011). “New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time”, p.198, Ballantine Books
“I find that I get very excited about what my students are up to and that I get to be the hurdle they need to jump over.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Nothing is ever finished and done with in this world. You may think a seed was finished and done with when it falls like a dead thing into the earth; but when it puts forth leaves and flowers next spring you see your mistake.”
“A nuclear weapon of some dimension, whether it's actually a nuclear weapon, or a dirty bomb, or some kind of radiological device. Yes, I think it's probably a near thing.”
“The land urges us to come around to an understanding of ourselves.”

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