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More people fail at becoming successful businessmen than fail at becoming artists.
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“to be a fiction writer, you also need to be a psychologist (understanding people’s personalities and intentions), a philosopher (asking big questions about meaning and human nature), and a poet (breathing life into your words and the spaces between them).”
― Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules
― Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules
“Propaganda is when a viewpoint is promoted regardless of truth. Art is when truth is rendered regardless of agenda.”
― Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules
― Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules
“Shakespeare was a white male, but he is not a dead white male. There may be only three or four women in each Shakespeare play but they are the key to how to transform a society. They are the teachers and the leaders in a new way of thinking about relationships, hierarchies, and love. They have the focus and energy to counterbalance the authority of the ten to thirty men who inhabit each play.”
― Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays
― Women of Will: Following the Feminine in Shakespeare's Plays
“The impetus to grow and live intensely is so powerful in me I cannot resist it.”
― Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love," The Unexpurgated Diary (1931–1932) of Anaïs Nin
― Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love," The Unexpurgated Diary (1931–1932) of Anaïs Nin
“How can we notice what the world wants if we don’t notice what’s wanting in the world?”
― Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing
― Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into The Next Big Thing
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