“Reading put perspective to any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or injustices. That's part of why they have the drive and hunger to do good in the world, to make something happen.” PeopleWorldMadeHappensPainReadingChallengesPerspectiveDifficultyExtraordinaryInjusticeHungerThings HappenOrdinary PeopleGood In The World Author:Tony Robbins
“He that is to govern a whole Nation , must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Mankind; which though it be hard to do, harder than to learn any Language, or Science; yet, when I shall have set down my own reading orderly, and perspicuously, the pains left another, will be only to consider, if he also find not the same in himself. For this kind of Doctrine, admitteth no other Demonstration.” IfsMenKindHardWholePainReadingLeftLanguageNationsMy OwnMankindParticularHarderDoctrineDemonstrationOrderly Book:Leviathan - Revised Edition Source: Leviathan - Revised Edition
“It is time to return to close reading, to a serious and painstaking examination of an author's methods, of his style. Do not be deterred by headaches. First of all, this would be proof of your lack of stamina. And then, migraines, piercing pain and sudden stabs at the temples are more likely the effects of syphilis than of hard work.” FirstsHardWould BePainReadingEffectsStyleSeriousHard WorkReturnCriticismMethodProofTemplesExaminationHeadacheStaminaPiercingsSyphilisMigraineClose Reading Author:Louis Aragon
“the art of reading hardly differs from the art of writing, in that its most intense pleasures and pains must remains private, and cannot be communicated to others.” WritingArtPainReadingPleasureRemainsIntensePain And PleasureArt Of Writing Book:The profane art: essays and reviews Source: The profane art: essays and reviews
“I do that a lot of authors still do not do is allow people to write directly to me. I get about 50 fan letters a day, and I answer every single one of them myself. It takes a lot of time and sometimes it's a pain in the neck and I answer the same questions over and over. But the truth is these people come to my readings clutching these letters saying, "You wrote me back. I can't believe you wrote me back", and I think it really means a lot for them to know that the author values them just as much as they value the author.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingBelieveMeanStillsI CanSometimesPainValuesReadingAnswersFansTruth IsLettersNecksReally Mean Author:Steven Tyler