Chris Pavone Quotes

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear to me that I was a very poor writer and could've ruined my career before it even started.

Chris Pavone

Career

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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.

Fabrizio Moreira
- Time
- Trying
- Today
When you've done a show that's as successful as 'Lovejoy' was, it hangs around for a few years, and people know you from it. I escaped the shadow when I stopped 'Lovejoy' by not doing any television for four years.

Ian McShane
- People
- Done
- Successful
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Edmund Burke
- Education
- Like
- Eating
You must prune dead or dying wood.

Warren Giles
- You
- Dying
- Wood
The only people who never fail are those who never try.

Ilka Chase
- People
- Never
- Try
I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.

Sam Altman
- Up
- Work
- House