2,044 quotes found
“Do not compete with anyone.”
“Passionate embrace your sacred existence.”
“Every small good deed counts.”
“The greatest grace is the sacred life of a fulfilled dream.”
“There is always exception to every rule.”
“Save your work, you may never know when the light will go off.”
“Every experience is story to be written.”
“You ought to move onwards!”
“The creative mind is a divine force.”
“Work while you can and rest when you must.”
“Play the game of life, without any fear.”
“Never abandon widows, widowers and orphans.”
“A leader has a great duty. You have to perform beyond the expectation of the people.”
“Self-consciousness kills communication.”
“The years nineteen and twenty are a crucial stage in the maturation of character, and if you allow yourself to become warped when you're that age, it will cause you pain when you're older.”
“life will come to an end one moment in time.”
“Learn as much as you can. Take every opportunity to learn about writing, whether its through classes, workshops, whatever is available to you. This may be difficult, because things like classes, wo...”
“I've received two key pieces of advice in regard to my books. The first is, "You should lay off the f-bombs." The other is, "You should add more f-bombs.”
“When you travel, there really are no mistakes--just learning opportunities.”
“Once I was asked be a seatmate on a trans-Pacific flight....what instruction he should give his fifteen-year-old daughters, who wanted to be a writer. [I said], "Tell your daughter three things." T...”