“It's somewhat of a contradiction, .. I guess the quieter the voice, the more necessary it is to push it. It's not going to leap out at you and scream. I also can't control how a book is marketed. To say the book marketing is aggressive, fine, I'm happy with that. Push the book. That doesn't mean that my personality or writing style changes.” WritingMeanBookVoiceStyleFinePersonalityMarketingContradictionLeapAggressiveScreamWriting Style Author:David Bergen
“Olive Schreiner is less a woman than a geographical fact. Just as one thinks of Egypt as a foreground for the Pyramids, so South Africa seems the setting of that warm, attractive, aggressive personality. Her work is far inferior to her.” ThinkingFactsSeemsPersonalitySouthWarmSettingSettingsAttractiveAggressiveSouth AfricaInferiorsEgyptPyramidsOlivesForeground Book:The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17 Source: The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17
“I have a very strong, probably slightly aggressive personality, and so that just ends up coming out regardless of what I try to do.” TryingEndsStrongPersonalityAggressiveComing OutVery Strong Author:Romola Garai
“I was only aggressive with my game play. I was not aggressive with people. My personality was just as humble as I can be out there.” PeopleI CanPlayGamesPersonalityHumbleAggressive Author:Tony Vlachos
“I always knew I wanted to write, but I didn't know that I would want to do investigative reporting - in part because it seemed so ill-suited for my personality, or I thought it was ill-suited for my personality, insofar as I'm not very aggressive, and I'm not confrontational.” KnowsWantWritingWantedPersonalityIllAggressive Author:Sarah Stillman
“The way people reacted to me in dressing rooms and so on was incredibly aggressive. They know every record and they seem to think they should nudge me or bump into me as they go past. It was this incredible performance that used to amuse me. In the early days, people were drawn towards us like they'd be drawn towards a car smash...There is a definite relationship between that fanaticism and the fan that, as a performer, you expose more of yourself, of the undercurrents of your personality. Most rock personalities subdue that or choose not to explore it.” PeopleThinkingPastCarPersonalityIncrediblesAggressiveFanaticism Author:Nick Cave