#your

When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.' ↗

— Rip Torn

#gee #grew #hope #i #man

You can never turn your back on the ocean. ↗

— Rip Torn

#never #ocean #turn #you #your

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time. ↗

— Willem de Kooning

#our time #poor #takes #time #trouble

If something in your writing gives support to people in their lives, that's more than just entertainment-which is what we writers all struggle to do, to touch people. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#just #lives #more #people #something

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#different #maybe #name #need #own

When you drive by Radio City and you see your name up there and it's only 'your' name. I just went 'ooh'. I thought this is really like looking at another person. ↗

— Diana Krall

#city #drive #i #just #like

You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. ↗

— Diana Krall

#difficult #emotional #i #know #life

Then to have your baby playing at the school you played at and having him play well is a special treat. ↗

— Jerry Kramer

#having #him #play #played #playing

The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Your opponent must react at the same highest level. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#beauty #chess #create #creativity #depends

Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

#destroy #entire #even #fault #game