#insp

The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies. ↗

— William Faulkner

#fiction #inspiration #on-writing #writers #writing

...it’s just another one of those things I don’t understand: everyone impresses upon you how unique you are, encouraging you to cultivate your individuality while at the same time trying to squish you and everyone else into the same ridiculous mould. It’s an artist’s right to rebel against the world’s stupidity. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artists #be-yourself #creative-process #encouragement #funny

Not till we are lost, in other words, not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#inspirational

We've carried that over into the visual development as well. We've designed quite an exotic cast of characters, but the last thing we want is to dictate to the players how their PCs should look. What we want to do is inspire. ↗

— Sam Wood

#cast #characters #designed #development #dictate

Have a regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#beauty

Love is like life with or without justice, with or without fairness. ↗

— Fadi Hattendorf

#fairness #inspirational #justice #life #love

I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling that i may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#respecting-others #attitude

A loving soul was always more beautiful over the long haul, but actual prettiness was fleeting. ↗

— Ann Brashares

#beauty

Don't be about just any life. Be about the life you want to be about. ↗

— Elias Williams

#real #reality-check #inspirational

Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#fiction #inspirational #age