#ge

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts. ↗

— Judy Blume

#always #brain #down #draft #drafts

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#benefits #compete #does #gets #gives

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet. ↗

— Judy Blume

#babies #before #bit #care #college

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature. ↗

— Harold Coffin

#awkward #catching #father #father time #middle

What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters. ↗

— Judy Blume

#get #how #i #i remember #morning

When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship. ↗

— Judy Blume

#book #censorship #challenges #decade #i

It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#boosts #get #industry #new #self-esteem

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#back #become #dream #far #focus

The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#certainly #changed #country #country music #dominate

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#around #asia #becoming #disasters #earthquakes