“Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few things I've discovered about writing is to form a habit that becomes an addiction so that if you don't put something down on paper every day, you get really mean and awful with withdrawal symptoms, and your wife and your dog and your kids are going to kick your ass until you get back to it because they can't bear you in that state of mind.” IfsWritingMindMeanStatesKidsFormMorningWifeDogBearsHabitTenPaperAddictionAssAwfulClockKicksGet BackState Of MindTwelveSymptomsGet RealReally MeanWithdrawal Author:Frank Pierson
“You must get into the habit of looking intensely at words, and assuring yourself of their meaning, syllable by syllable-nay, letter by letter... you might read all the books in the British Museum (if you could live long enough) and remain an utterly "illiterate," undeducated person; but if you read ten pages of a good book, letter by letter, - that is to say, with real accuracy- you are for evermore in some measure an educated person.” IfsPersonsLongBookRealEnoughMightHabitTenPagesLettersBritishEducatedMuseumsGood BookAccuracyIlliterateSyllablesEvermoreEducated PersonBritish Museum Book:The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings Source: The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
“When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.” KidsAgeYoungMotivationOpportunityHabitTenWindowCriticalWindow Of Opportunity Author:Richard Attias
“Every writer, by the way he uses the language, reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacities, his bias....Avoid the elaborate, the pretentious, the coy, and the cute. Do not be tempted by a twenty-dollar word when there is a ten-center handy, ready and able.” WayUseAbleSpiritLanguageReadyHabitTenCapacityTwentiesDollarsCuteBiasTemptedPretentiousHandy Author:William Strunk, Jr.
“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?” MenInspirationalYearsDoeFunnySuccessPoliticsWomenMarriageHabitTenMarriedHumorousComplainingWeddingHusband And WifeFunny MarriageAnniversaryFunny RelationshipHappy MarriageLove And MarriageGood MarriageMarriage LoveMarried ManGreat MarriageMarriage HumorInspirational MarriageFunny WeddingSuccessful MarriageYears Of MarriageBeautiful MarriageFunny Wedding Anniversary Author:Barbra Streisand