“A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.” PeopleThinkingYearsStruggleRelate Author:Matthew Lewis
“I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some of the epic writers of our country's history, very rarely do you find upper-class royalty. We seem to delve into the struggle of life and the labor of life much more frequently.” PeopleLooksCountryStoriesBigsSeemsClassStruggleFansLaborMarkOur CountryEpicRoyaltyLife StruggleUpper Class Author:Lucas Neff
“And after my mother's death I became more open to and empathetic about other people's struggles and losses.” PeopleMotherLossStruggleEmpathetic Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“I'm still very much an atheist, except that I don't necessarily see religion as being a bad thing. So, that's a weird thing that I'm struggling with that seems to be offending both atheists and people that are religious.” PeopleStillsSeemsReligiousStruggleAtheistBad ThingsWeird ThingsOffending Author:Patton Oswalt
“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It’s a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it’s that private perpetual struggle. Put down the magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingArtRealRememberFormGuyProcessDecisionForgetStruggleReaderMercyWho You AreSoldierReal LifeResistanceMagazinesHopelessHeroicPerpetualAfflictionBehalfOther GuysKeyboardsShowing UpRemember Who You Are Author:Steve Almond
“The struggle of our people for freedom has progressed to the form where all of us must take a stand either for or against the freedom of our people You are either with Your People or against them. You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.” PeopleProblemFormStruggleSolutionsActivism Author:Eldridge Cleaver
“Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people. But I struggle like everyone else.” PeoplePerfectStruggle Author:Lindsey Vonn