“You need a great idea, but then you've got to carry it through. If you get it right, you're going to be a critical success. But not everyone who works hard gets it right, or has the success they deserve: there's an element of luck.” IfsNeedsIdeasHardHard WorkElementsDeserveLuckCriticalGreat Idea Author:Ian Rankin
“Innovation is a discipline not a lottery... It comes from the combination of two elements within my control: hard work and openmindedness.” TwoHardHard WorkDisciplineElementsInnovationCombinationMmaLottery Author:Georges St-Pierre
“One thing about beginning writers is that they don't really always know their own strengths and weaknesses - you might think you're bad at characterization, but that might really be because of some issue you're having with another element, which is making it hard for you to express character in a convincing way.” ThinkingKnowsWayHardCharacterMightIssuesOne ThingElementsWeaknessConvincingStrength And WeaknessCharacterizationBeginning Writers Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with the hard work of not-for-profit lobbyists, environmental lawyers, green economists, sustainability-minded engineers, and forward-thinking entrepreneurs, it's going to take the inspired political involvement of millions of Americans to get our country on track to solving this problem.” ThinkingStillsCountryHardProblemPoliticalMillionsGroupsMissingMovementHard WorkKeysElementsOrganizationGreenEntrepreneurEnvironmentalInspiredTrackProfitLawyerDespiteOur CountryGlobal WarmingSustainabilityEngineersEconomistInvolvementLobbyistsForward ThinkingPolitical Involvement Author:Bill McKibben
“You can't improv off of bad writing. Then you have to actually create your objective, which is really hard to do in an element without the skeleton to go off of.” WritingHardElementsObjectivesCantSkeletonsBad Writing Author:Eliza Coupe