Inspiration Quotes - Page 9

Grub Street turns out good things almost as often as Parnassus. For if a writer is hard up enough, if he’s far down enough (down where I have been and am rising from, I am really saying), he can’t afford self-doubt and he can’t let other people’s opinions, even a father’s, keep him from writing.

If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something bigger than ourselves - and often beautiful.

Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task.

A recipe for success. Think, do. Repeat as needed.

I already knew the next story that I was going to rewrite from the beginning. Mine.

I don’t want to save the world, I just want to inspire it.

All of life is a trust fall, and I'm awakening to the thrill, rather than the fear, of being suspended midair.

Finish the work, otherwise an unfinished work will finish you.

Oil may run out, liquidity may dry up, but as long as ink flows freely, the next chapter of Life will continue to be written.

Business is boss, politics is servant.

For peace read books, for success read books and take actions.

Bureaucrats and Politicians are different people, work of Bureaucrats makes us hate Politicians.

Providing employment is the best form of social service, as it serves you, others, your country, your world - the entire society.

If you value your words, people will not ask you to make any promises.

Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed.

Actually, writers have no business writing about their own works. They either wax conceited, saying things like: 'My brilliance is possibly most apparent in my dazzling short story, "The Cookiepants Hypotenuse."' Or else they get unbearably cutesy: 'My cat Ootsywootums has given me all my best ideas, hasn't oo, squeezums?

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.