"In order to even begin to learn how to play his instrument, it takes the guitarist weeks to build calluses on his fingertips; it takes the saxophonist months to strengthen his lip so that he might play his instrument for only a five-minute stretch; it can take the pianist years to develop dual hand and multiple finger coordination. Why do writers assume they can just â€œwriteâ€ with no training whatsoever-and then expect, on their first attempt, to be published internationally? What makes them think they're so much inherently greater, need so much less training than any other artists?"

Source : Noah Lukeman (2010). “The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile”, p.72, Oxford University Press, USA

Noah Lukeman

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Artist Quotes

“I've been so blessed to have my career gradually get bigger and bigger, so I've been able to absorb stuff and take stuff gradually.”
“A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success”
“Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying (as a minority christians).”

Source : Speech in Ain el Remmaneh, Lebanon, March 1989.
“I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.”
“If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as wellâ€”as happens, for instance, in old age with regard to the values of youthâ€”then we have already started the movement of devaluation which will end with the defamation of the world and all its values. Only a timely act of resignation can deliver us from this tendency toward self-delusion.”

Source : Max Scheler, Harold J. Bershady (1992). “On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings”, p.126, University of Chicago Press
“What is meant by believing in Christ but just going with trusting and loving hearts, and committing to His love and power ourselves, our souls, and all that concerns us for time and eternity?”

Source : Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (1867). “Counsel and Comfort Spoken from a City Pulpit”, p.290
“Humor is the contemplation of the finite from the point of view of the infinite.”

Source : "The Hidden Souls of Words" by Mary Cox Garner, (p. 142), 2004.

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