“If you're born lucky, you don't have to be good.” IfsBornLuckyLuckBe GoodGood LuckLucky You Author:Sara Paretsky
“I was lucky enough to be a "type." Sort of a bad-guy type at the time, because I was tall and I had dark eyes. A lot of times, you don't have to be good; you just have to be the right type.” EnoughEyeGuyDarkTypeLuckyBe GoodTallBad GuysDark Eyes Author:Kurt Fuller
“It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets.Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But honestly, those folks are lucky as lottery winners.” PeopleKnowsWellsMeanBookSelfDoneStoriesProblemMightExampleLuckyLettersMarketingFolksBe GoodHonestlySellingWinnerPublishingEditingPublicityLotteryLayoutQueries Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.” FeelsBookSchoolValuesParentDealsChildhoodLuckyExpectationsBe GoodAcademicFulfilledNerdAcademic Success Author:Mindy Kaling
“If I were retired I wouldn't know what to do because I'd have to think, well, now what is it I want to do? And what I want to do is what I'm doing. I enjoy coming up with new ideas, which if I'm lucky they might be good ideas. I enjoy seeing them take shape. And I'm having fun doing it. So I wouldn't know why I'd want to retire.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantWellsIdeasMightFunEnjoySeeingShapesLuckyBe GoodHaving FunRetiringGood IdeasNew IdeasRetired Author:Stan Lee
“Everybody would like to be good, that's the silly thing, everybody always likes it when they're having a nice time or when they're happy or when it's sunny, they all dig it; but then they go and forget about it, they never really try to make it nice. They think that it just comes along and it's nice if you're lucky, or if you're unlucky it's bad for you.” IfsThinkingTryingForgetNiceLuckyBe GoodSillyLikesSunnyUnluckySilly ThingsNice Time Author:George Harrison
“I just don't want to be bored. That's the only criteria I have when I choose a role to play. I like it if the script is good and the director seems like he's gonna be good. But if I can find a variety of things to do, which I feel like I manage to do, as far as the actual performing goes and the character, that's huge for me. To be able to feel like I can do a fairly diverse array of things. I've been lucky in that way. I don't mind being stereotyped in some way and playing certain kinds of guys, but if I can find something to occasionally get a break from that, that would be nice.” MindKindCharacterGuyBreakNiceLuckyBe GoodManageVarietyBoredPerformingDiverseBeing Nice Author:Paul Giamatti
“I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.” ThinkingWantYearsNextActorsOpportunityActingLuckyAmbitionBe GoodReally CoolCool ThingsLife Ambition Author:Kristen Stewart
“If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.” IfsEnoughLuckyShotsBe Good Author:Taylor Swift