#read

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#book #possession #reading #substitute

Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#already #classes #day #doing #feedback

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so. I should know. I'm a children's writer myself. ↗

— David Walliams

#books #children #demanding #i #just

No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. ↗

— Robert Byrne

#committed #ever #good #good book #many

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#after #already #did #doing #get

I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines. ↗

— Stephen Sprouse

#i #just #little #magazines #mostly

I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America. ↗

— Morgan Spurlock

#america #epidemic #hearing #i #magazine

During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#appeared #asia #been #countries #developing

My wife says that my tombstone will read, 'Here lies Mr.C, who used to be Mr.B.' So I think that's probably what I'll be remembered for. ↗

— Tom Bosley

#i #i think #lies #mr #probably

I already have a production company called J Squared and we're working on two projects. ↗

— Jordana Brewster

#called #company #i #production #production company