Victoria Strauss Quotes
Maybe self-publishing is going to be an extra step added to publishing. Maybe what's going to happen is you self-publish a book, someone notices it - an agent? - and it goes from there into the traditional sphere.Victoria Strauss
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
Jack Adams -
The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran -
Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
Zachery Ty Bryan -
How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
Babe Ruth -
In Yellowstone National Park, there are more 'do not feed the animals' signs than there are animals you might wish to feed.
Natalie Jeremijenko -
Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
Zig Ziglar
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
Maeve Binchy -
A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
Malala Yousafzai -
When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
Edmund Hillary -
There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
D. B. Weiss -
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 -
The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does.
Natalie Goldberg
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I don't really read 'business books,' and I didn't think 'The Paradox of Choice' was a business book. I'm very surprised and gratified that the business world thought it was one.
Barry Schwartz -
You know, I haven't written as much as most other writers. Certainly maybe those who keep a more regular schedule accomplish more.
Wallace Shawn -
Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
Ma Long -
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi -
I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
Iain Banks -
Black people were very angry with me for writing the book. A lot of people didn't believe me, or didn't want to believe me, and that used to really bother me. It was a very painful and difficult time.
LaToya Jackson
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Reality is what you can count on.
Dallas Willard -
The Singapore Open is the flagship event of the Asian Tour, it is a massive event and it is being played in a great place. I love coming here and it is good to be back.
Lee Westwood -
I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
A cricket ball broke my nose when I was a kid so I couldn't breath through it. Before I had it operated on I used to stand on stage with my mouth slightly open.
Damian Lewis -
Maybe self-publishing is going to be an extra step added to publishing. Maybe what's going to happen is you self-publish a book, someone notices it - an agent? - and it goes from there into the traditional sphere.
Victoria Strauss