#hard

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club? ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#ass #better #chair #club #down

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. ↗

— Colin Powell

#hard #hard work #learning #loyalty #perfection

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. ↗

— Colin Powell

#people #play #seriously #surround #surround yourself

Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and our reliance on oil will come to an abrupt and tumultuous end, causing global economic and social turmoil. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#causing #come #continue #economic #end

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#big #campaigning #cash #democratic #dinners

Giving consumers the choice of having it all in one big bite means different viewers are in many different places in the book, making it hard to discuss without spoiling the plot. The intervals between first-run programming provide a space for communion and that tantalizing sense of anticipation. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#between #big #bite #book #choice

I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must take a good, hard look at the most central facts of contemporary life - technology and science. ↗

— Richard Powers

#contemporary #contemporary life #describe #facts #find

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#books #cranky #get #hard #i

Hard work - I mean, does anybody use that term anymore? Laziness doesn't fly. It's all in the practice. It does take work and it ain't easy - but man, the rewards! ↗

— Susan Powter

#anymore #does #easy #fly #hard

We're going to play better, and we're going to play harder. ↗

— Mike Quade

#going #harder #play