“By no amount of agile exercising of a wistful imagination could my mother have been called lenient. Generous she was; indulgent never. Kind, yes, permissive, never. In her world, people she accepted paddled their own canoes, pulled their own weight, put their own shoulders to their own plows and pushed like hell.” PeopleWorldKindHas BeensMotherImaginationHellAmountExerciseWeightAcceptedShouldersGenerousLenient Author:Maya Angelou
“Most guys I know are assholes. I have some great asshole friends, but that's not the point. Friendship has got nothing to do with that. It's can you hang, can you talk about this without any feeling of distance between you? Friendship is the diminishing of distance between people. That's what friendship is, and to me it's one of the most important things in the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldImportantFeelingsGuyImportant ThingsDistance Author:Keith Richards
“How can you admire a human who consciously embraces the bland, the mediocre, and the safe rather than risk the suffering that disappointment can bring?” HumansSufferingRiskSafeEmbraceDisappointmentAdmireMediocreBland Author:Tom Robbins
“Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch films that stimulate your writing. In your writing, go where the pain is; go where the pleasure is; go where the excitement is. Believe in your own original approach, voice, characters, story. Ignore critics. Have nerve. Be stubborn.” WritingBelieveBookCharacterStoriesPainFilmVoicePleasureWatchesAdviceApproachOriginalsCriticsProfessionExcitementNervesStubbornBelieve In YouRulesStubbornnessStimulationBreaking Rules Author:Anne Rice
“I'm curious about everything, except what people have to say about me.” PeopleCurious Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“If you don't connect yourself to your family and to the world in some fashion, through your job or whatever it is you do, you feel like you're disappearing, you feel like you're fading away, you know? I felt like that for a very very long time. Growing up, I felt like that a lot. I was just invisible; an invisible person. I think that feeling, wherever it appears, and I grew up around people who felt that way, it's an enormous source of pain; the struggle to make yourself felt and visible. To have some impact, and to create meaning for yourself, and for the people you come in touch with.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayFeelsPersonsLongFeelingsPainJobsFeltStruggleGrowing UpGrowingFashionLike YouSourceGrewGrew UpLong TimeImpactDisappearInvisibleEnormousOur FamilyVisibleFadingFading Away Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Music is supposed to be entertaining and if it touches you emotionally, so much the better. Sometimes you do it to save your own life, not anybody else's. That's why I write. I'm not trying to change anybody else's life or the world, I'm trying to keep from blowing my own brains out. That's the real point.” IfsWorldWritingTryingRealSometimesMy OwnBrainMusic IsSupposed To BeEntertainingTrying To Change Author:Guy Clark
“Happiness is not on my list of priorities. I just deal with day-to-day things. If I'm happy, I'm happy – and if I'm not, I don't know the difference... Knowing that you are the person you were put on this earth to be – that's much more important than just being happy.” IfsKnowsPersonsImportantEarthDifferencesDealsKnowingListsPrioritiesJust BeingDay To Day Author:Bob Dylan
“I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.” PainJoyInterestLowsToleranceMediocrityMusic And Life Author:Steve Earle
“Your blessing in life is when you find the torture you're comfortable with.” Life IsBlessingComfortableTortureBlessings In Life Author:Jerry Seinfeld