“I pray, but who I pray to I'm not exactly sure, especially when I'm praying for more money.” Quote by Gary Panter
“You can't help but feel the energy of the audience - and if you feel they hate you that feels weird and dirty. But I would never want to take it too seriously. It's understandable that you're not going to be everyone's cup of tea. I think that's helped me survive.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsHelpingHateEnergyAudienceCupsTeaDirtyHate YouCups Of Tea Author:Charlyne Yi
“I feel like I get really energetic and hyper. If I do well in a show, I can't sleep afterwards. If I don't do well, I get kinda drained. I think because it's like a battle on stage.” IfsThinkingFeelsWellsI CanShowsSleepStageBattleGet RealEnergeticHyperCan't SleepDrainedI Can't Sleep Author:Charlyne Yi
“Sometimes I feel really bad for the audience. I don't know how to make them happy. And you just feel drained cause you're trying everything possible to turn things around. And sometimes it is possible to turn things around on stage, and I've done it before, but sometimes it's impossible.” KnowsFeelsTryingSometimesDoneTurnsCausesAudienceKnow HowImpossibleStageDrainedTrying Everything Author:Charlyne Yi
“No one is born a writer; literacy is a peculiar mode of being, but I was all about stories from a very early age, before reading.” StoriesAgeReadingBornPeculiarLiteracy Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I sometimes wonder what those of us who are writers would become in a nonliterary culture - storytellers? Hermits?” SometimesCultureWonderStorytellerHermits Author:Rebecca Solnit
“For me, before I learned how to read I was really interested in story and in landscape and nature. I decided to become a writer almost as soon as I learned to read.” StoriesDecidedLandscape Author:Rebecca Solnit
“A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged.” PeopleThinkingPoliticalDutyCitizensActivismObligationEngagedGrimPolitical Activism Author:Rebecca Solnit
“I think that walking down the middle of the street with several thousand people who share your deepest beliefs is one of the best ways to take a walk.” PeopleThinkingWayBeliefWalksShareStreetsMiddleWalkingThousandBest Way Author:Rebecca Solnit
“The internet's weird. It's kind of harvesting the negativity. I think negativity has always been out there, but because people are hiding behind the screen, they feel able to express these hateful feelings they've maybe been keeping inside.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindFeelingsAbleBehindsInternetScreensHidingNegativityHateful Author:Charlyne Yi
“I don't think my work has to be loved by everyone, and it's loved by enough people that I'm grateful and able to keep going.” PeopleThinkingEnoughAbleGratefulKeep Going Author:Rebecca Solnit