“The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.” WorldNeedsReasonStoriesFeelingsHandsSoundKnownMessagesUltimateProsperityLimitationRememberedReason WhyContentmentDictatorSnaps Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“Every artist knows that there is no such thing as "freedom" in art. The first thing an artist does when he begins a new work is to lay down the barriers and limitations; he decides upon a certain composition, a certain key, a certain relation of creatures or objects to each other. He is never free, and the more splendid his imagination, the more intense his feeling, the farther he goes from general truth and general emotion.” KnowsFirstsDoeArtFeelingsArtistCertainImaginationEmotionObjectsKeysCreaturesRelationLaysIntenseLimitationBarriersCompositionSplendidNew WorkDecide Upon Book:Willa Cather on Writing: Critical Studies on Writing as an Art Source: Willa Cather on Writing: Critical Studies on Writing as an Art
“It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain, you're constantly trying to solve challenges. I think most writers enjoy the feeling of having written something, rather than the process of writing it.” ThinkingKnowsWritingTryingBookHardFeelingsFightingProcessEnjoyChallengesBrainWrittenHard WorkSolveHonestlyLimitation Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon