Jami Attenberg Quotes
You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's about something else, and then by the time you're done, you can look back and say, 'Oh, this is what it's about.'
Jami Attenberg
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
Napoleon Hill
Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Mallory Ortberg
It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
Abbey Lee Kershaw
The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
Victor Hugo
I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
D. J. MacHale
The less you have, the more you enjoy.
Carine Roitfeld
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
Abraham Verghese
They met their own lowered targets. What is worrying is their reluctance to spell out where the market is going.
Christopher Doyle
The steps I have indicated tonight are aimed at avoiding that war. To sum it all up: we seek peace - but we shall not surrender. That is the central meaning of this crisis, and the meaning of your government's policy. With your help, and the help of other free men, this crisis can be surmounted. Freedom can prevail and peace can endure.
John F. Kennedy
Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.
Chris Jericho
The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.
Georg Brandes
You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's about something else, and then by the time you're done, you can look back and say, 'Oh, this is what it's about.'
Jami Attenberg