#tryin

The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#books #experience #i #i think #opinion

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard. ↗

— David Sedaris

#hard #humor #i #i think #look

A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said. ↗

— Abraham Polonsky

#his #life #man #remember #rest

I have now spent over a year trying to figure where in the workplace I belong. ↗

— Paulina Porizkova

#figure #i #now #over #spent

I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me. ↗

— Parker Posey

#i #me #movies #studio #studio movies

Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word. ↗

— Jon Postel

#consensus #corporate #documents #drafted #each

I do know one thing: I wish people were doing more dangerous musicals, more courageous musicals and not just falling into the trap of trying to figure out what the public wants, because you find out that the public very often wants what's good. ↗

— Hal Price

#courageous #dangerous #doing #falling #figure

The last four years under President Obama have been trying and troubling for this entire country. The tired big government policies of the past have failed us. We can't afford more disappointments. We need a new direction. We need a new president. ↗

— Reince Priebus

#been #big #big government #country #direction

Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing. ↗

— Raymond Radiguet

#else #everybody #everybody else #failing #like

Everyone tried with me. And everytime, it felt like the whole point of life was to see if trying was ever enough. ↗

— David Levithan

#trying #life