“I tried to pretend that I was sitting in the stands with a buddy watching the game - poking him in the ribs when something exciting happened.” GamesHappenedSittingExcitingBuddyRibs Author:Curt Gowdy
“If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter frequent patches of frustration. Writing is nothing if not challenging.” IfsWritingTryingMayHardEnoughChallengesBasesPursuitEncountersFrustrationDiscouragedPatchesTrying Hard Author:Maxwell Perkins
“Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it.” WayWritingReadingRight Way Author:Maxwell Perkins
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.” PeopleInspirationalMeanTodayTimeLeadershipBusinessLeaderMusclesOne TimeGreat LeaderInsperationalWorld LeaderBusiness LeadershipGreat LeadershipLeadership By Famous LeadersBest LeaderMotivational LeadershipLeadership SkillsGetting AlongGood LeadershipLeadership By Great LeadersGreatest LeadershipFuture LeadersFunny LeadershipLeadership RolesLeadership TeamworkParticipative LeadershipMoral Leadership Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it is not a bad sign, but a good one. If you think you are not doing it well, you are thinking the way real novelists do. I never knew one who did not feel greatly discouraged at times, and some get desperate, and I have always found that to be a good symptom.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsWritingWellsLongRealHardFoundSpaceNovelNovelistsThings To DoDesperateSymptomsDiscouragedHard Things Author:Maxwell Perkins
“You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that.” KnowsBookEndsFit Author:Maxwell Perkins
“Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.” TroubleGood ThingsVery Good Author:Maxwell Perkins