#lon

The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watching. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#alone #before #best #daily #days

I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#artists #creative #creative people #distinguishes #go

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. ↗

— Euripides

#comes #reputation #success #wisdom

Developed countries should support developing countries in tackling climate change. This not only is their responsibility, but also serves their long-term interests. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#change #climate #climate change #countries #developed

As long as designers want to dress me, photographers want to take my picture and companies think my face will help their products, then I won't go anywhere until they're done with me. ↗

— Linda Evangelista

#companies #designers #done #dress #face

No one is happy all his life long. ↗

— Euripides

#his #life #long

I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#i #long #narrative #passages #readers

Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to clone me... it's more to produce a book that shares my vision of positive, fun entertainment. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#barely #best #book #books #clone

Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knew nothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working at it. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#along #book #business #decided #finally

For a long time all I wanted for Christmas were books about outdoor survival. I was convinced that the woods were calling me. I camped a lot, I took classes. At 18, I told myself if I don't live in the woods by myself by the time I'm 25, I have failed. ↗

— Chris Evans

#books #by the time #calling #camped #christmas