#hole

A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme. ↗

— Diane Johnson

#already #apparent #becomes #deepening #end

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones. ↗

— Bob Seger

#between #difference #enjoy #finish #good

Principle of Change #6: Change is an ever-evolving process. ↗

— Brett Blumenthal

#brett-blumenthal #motivation #personal-transformation #self-help #success

A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance. ↗

— Clark Kerr

#anywhere #balance #british #confused #german

But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working. ↗

— Robert Klein

#although #appreciate #being #career #daring

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body. ↗

— Grenville Kleiser

#body #days #effort #energetic #laziness

Success and failure are greatly overrated. But failure gives you a whole lot more to talk about. ↗

— Hildegard Knef

#failure #gives #greatly #lot #more

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only. ↗

— Joseph Wood Krutch

#composed #itself #lonely #one thing #only

Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand. ↗

— Rose Wilder Lane

#best #damn #dealing #escapes #life

The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ↗

— Hugh Latimer

#falling #hole #maketh #oft #rain