Iris Murdoch Quotes
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.Iris Murdoch
Quotes to Explore
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I have never believed in the impossible.
Faye Wattleton -
Love can never be fully explained.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
Rachel Stevens -
I never do anything out of my comfort zone.
Danica Patrick -
I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.
Karen Joy Fowler -
I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
Randy Newman
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I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sold anything. I don't make my living writing science fiction, so in that sense, I'm still not a pro.
Ted Chiang -
It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.
Abby Wambach -
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
Padgett Powell -
I love writing songs.
Sade Adu -
Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
Madison Smartt Bell -
You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
Barbara Bush
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I could never take orders from anyone.
Gautam Adani -
Money is a bubble that never pops. It's a consensus hallucination.
Naval Ravikant -
My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
Samantha Shannon -
It was never my goal to be an actor.
Rachel Hurd-Wood -
I've never worried about life's big questions.
Karl Pilkington
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Thanking you once more, I want to wish you the best of luck for your future life and to conclude by saying to you: Dream your dreams and may they come true!
Felix Bloch -
When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.
Gavin Rossdale Bush -
I hate horror movies, with a passion.
Katee Sackhoff -
This is the best and ultimate purpose of conducting: Not only to lead (the musicians) and keep them together, not only to make their performance easier and simpler, but also to guide them so that they can play as they have always longed to play.
Yehudi Menuhin -
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Iris Murdoch