“Nabokov quote: "I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child."” ThinkingWritingChildrenSpeakGenius Author:Nick Laird
“The whole point of writing poetry or fiction is that you get to agonize over whatever it is you want to say, and you finally say it, and you get it as perfect as you can make it. Then you're forced to babble freestyle.” WritingPerfectWriting Poetry Author:Nick Laird
“I'm always reading books, I'm always having encounters, I'm always taking trips. Whatever it is you come up with about how you got started, that's equally true for all the books you didn't start.” BookReadingReading Books Author:Nick Laird
“The reason that the book exists is because there was a gap in you. You wrote the book to fulfill that gap in some way.” BookReason Author:Nick Laird
“I think everybody that grows up in Florida, you've got a little chip on your shoulder. It's not as bad as people think it is, but it's pretty bad. When you go to other places you're just like, "Oh, god. What was that about?"” PeopleThinkingGrowing Up Author:Benjamin Booker
“You have to have some kind of clarity or understanding of what's happening to write.” WritingKindUnderstandingClarity Author:Benjamin Booker
“I realized that the reason why my head was so cluttered and why I was so unstable and not taking care of myself, all of these things, was that I was unhappy. If I wanted to get to a happier place and find some kind of peace, I was going to have to address problems with myself, things from my life up until that point that I hadn't dealt with: insecurities, fears, and those kinds of things.” KindReasonProblemCareI RealizedUnhappyInsecurity Author:Benjamin Booker
“It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all the time and live a life that's worth living and that you can be proud of, and that's what I wanted.” EnoughDecisionProudIntentionBe ProudGood PersonGood IntentionsBeing A Good PersonGood Decision Author:Benjamin Booker
“You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself.” ReadingPush Yourself Author:Benjamin Booker
“I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I can just live a life where I'm surrounded by people that I love.” PeopleHelpingJust Live Author:Benjamin Booker