F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes
Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it.
Quotes to Explore
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If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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You don't just throw the ball - you propel it.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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It has been a great working experience with Sreenu Vaitla.
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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
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If I fell into one relationship after another with men who were either emotionally tuned out and unavailable or hotheaded and controlling, or both, it was because I was lacking in good sense about men.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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Men aren't the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they've been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
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It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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The poor are discussed as this homogeneous mash, like porridge. The idea that they might be individuals, and be where they are for very different, diverse reasons, again seems to escape some people.
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Expecting to be wrong about most things most of the time brings, finally, the kind of humility that leads to peace. I think.
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Toys are put on this Earth to be played with by a child.
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The digital world has allowed me a connection with my reader that I'd never had before. I didn't meet the people who read my material. The fan letters were mostly answered by professional people that'd done them for a living. And I didn't have any daily connection with their response to my work. I didn't have a relationship with my audience. And every artist should have it.
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My work is on the one hand laboured, and on the other completely happenstance and intuitive. But that's the swish in the work, I think. It's really important to me that the work isn't just sitting on top of something, that the materials are woven together - that they are recognisable and from the world.
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You and I are streaming data engines.
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Prose talent depends on having something to say and an interesting, highly developed way of saying it.
