#or

The world's a better place since I chose music. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#better place #chose #i #music #place

There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#bunch #forgiven #going #killing #people

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#henry #like #musician #rule #you

You don't have to twist my arm to work. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#twist #work #you

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald. ↗

— James Rollins

#author #blood #career #considered #fiction

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group

I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two. ↗

— James Rollins

#disciplined #even #everyday #going #i

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically. ↗

— James Rollins

#forward #hope #innovate #lies #move

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark. ↗

— James Rollins

#bit #ends #go #history #i

And our size: The company this year is going to be close to $50 billion, so if that's the case and you can continue to grow that fast, I would rather put my energies to solving customer problems and growing our business than worrying about integrating and laying people off. ↗

— Kevin Rollins

#billion #business #case #close #company