"For years, I never really pondered how I came to be a writer from where I came from."

--

Nick Tosches

“A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession.”
“A dwelling should be not a retreat from space, but life in space.”
“I started making photographs as if I were a child myself. This got me to look at things more closely, more slowly, and from vantage points I hadn't considered before.”
“Don't give up. Listen to others, but follow your own council.”
“A person you excuse from any genuine challenge is a person you do not truly respect.”

Source : John H. McWhorter (2000). “Losing the Race: Self-sabotage in Black America”, p.239, Simon and Schuster
“I don't argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus' message was simple.”
“When we go to war I will not ask the White Racist next to me what is he Christian or Atheist? I will only expect him or her to kill the enemy as I will.”
“Don't put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jun 03, 2013

You may also like:

Chuck Eddy
Journalist
Dean Martin
Singer
Ellen Willis
Essayist
Greil Marcus
Author
Hubert Selby, Jr.
Writer
Jerry Lee Lewis
Singer-songwriter
Lester Bangs
Journalist
Richard Meltzer
Musical Artist
Sonny Liston
Professional Boxer