"People do support themselves as artists and writers, so there's no need to be all doom and gloom about it. You just have to push forward. You have to follow your vision and hope for the best. You have to write for love."

-- Cheryl Strayed

#Writing Quotes #Artist Quotes #People Quotes

“Most people don't like to talk about violent historical death.”
“No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.”
“This is wine," Ghoolion said solemnly. "Wine is drinkable sunlight. It's the most glorious summer's day imaginable, captured in a bottle. Wine can be a melody in a cut-glass goblet, but it can also be a cacophony in a dirty tumbler, or a rainy autumn night, or a funeral march that scorches your tongue.”

Source : Walter Moers (2009). “The Alchemaster's Apprentice: A Novel”, p.104, The Overlook Press
“I'm definitely very careful about the things that I want to be a part of, but it's also important for me to get dance out there to more people.”
“It was when I was happiest that I longed most...The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing...to find the place where all the beauty came from.”
“The Elizabethan age might be better named the beginning of the smoking era..”
“I just feel so lucky to tell stories and make up stories and share them with people.”
“First, do not betray yourself. Second, do not betray those you lead.”

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