“You can't learn to play the piano without playing the piano, you can't learn to write without writing, and, in many ways, you can't learn to think without thinking. Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.” ThinkingWayWritingWellsHardPlayPiano Author:David McCullough
“Develop and protect a moral sensibility and demonstrate the character to apply it. Dream big. Work hard. Think for yourself. Love everything you love, everyone you love, with all your might. And do so, please, with a sense of urgency, for every tick of the clock subtracts from fewer and fewer...” ThinkingHardCharacterDreamBigsMightMoralHard WorkSelf LovePleaseProtectClockFewerSensibilityUrgencyTickOne You LoveLove EveryoneThink For YourselfSense Of UrgencyHigh School Graduation SpeechHigh School Commencement Author:David McCullough
“I love all sides of the work but that doesn't mean it isn't hard.” MeanHardSidesTwo Sides Author:David McCullough
“I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.” WritingTryingHardWeedMarijuanaRewritingTrying HardLumber Author:David McCullough
“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.” ThinkingWritingWellsHardPurposeClarity Author:David McCullough
“When the founders wrote about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, they didn't mean longer vacations and more comfortable hammocks. They meant the pursuit of learning. The pursuit of improvement and excellence. In hard work is happiness.” MeanHardLibertyHard WorkComfortableExcellenceImprovementPursuitVacationFoundersPursuit Of HappinessHammocksLife Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness Author:David McCullough
“The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind.” MindHardLastsHard WorkSceneTitlesTone Author:David McCullough
