Pearl Cleage Quotes
I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and say, "I'm a writer, therefore what I'm supposed to do today is write." And to do that, and to do that and to do that.Pearl Cleage
Quotes to Explore
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
Yann Martel -
It didn't help my career to be living in Appalachia.
Sally Mann -
I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
e. e. cummings -
I don't want to be a grown-up anymore; it's hard!
Maddie Hasson -
Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
Caitlyn Jenner -
Born in a cellar... and living in a garret.
Samuel Foote
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A writer has to live with a sense of honor.
Irwin Shaw -
Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
I couldn't be a royal. It's like living in a supersonic goldfish bowl.
Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath -
I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
Iris Johansen -
Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
Rabih Alameddine -
I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.
Sadie Jones
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Screaming is hard after a while.
J. K. Simmons -
Make the hard ones look easy and the easy ones look hard.
Walter Hagen -
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
Joanne Rowling -
I've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.
M. J. Hyland -
Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
Carl Clinton Van Doren -
Downplaying their faults is pretty much the point of campaigns. But we do count on them living with the constant terror of public rejection.
Gail Collins
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It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs.
Gerald Brenan -
If you sing beautifully about nothing, no one will listen. If you sing badly about great stuff, no one will listen. Ideas are everywhere, but my theory is that a writer doesn't just think of an idea: they perform them.
Patrick Ness -
As I said, I believe life starts at conception.
Todd Akin -
In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up.
Eddie Izzard -
I think it's hard to make a living as a writer, but I think it's hard to work at McDonald's too.... I think the commitment is to get up everyday and say, "I'm a writer, therefore what I'm supposed to do today is write." And to do that, and to do that and to do that.
Pearl Cleage