Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
ForesightPreparednessRealism I must have been one of the least surprised people on earth on September 11. I felt very braced for that. I knew something like that was going to come.
Youthful AmbitionCreative VisionRealismLife Stages The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.
RealismCynicismHuman NatureDependenceConsequence Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him.
ResponsibilitySelf-RelianceRealismIndependence Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
WritingCreativityRealismCharacter Development When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
IsolationWorkRealism I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.
RealismPerspectiveInfluence There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
Individual ActionPersonal ResponsibilityRealismDirect InterventionCritique Of Politics You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
AmbitionAspirationRealism Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
Job SecurityRealismMindsetSocial HierarchyAnxiety Early on, when I was quite young and going from job to job, I was foolish enough to sometimes speak to my fellow workers: 'Hey, the boss can come in here at any moment and lay all of us off, just like that, don't you realize that?' They would just look at me. I was posing something that they didn't want to enter their minds.