“I'm not sure I would call it agony but there is a kind of cyclic frustration. You get one story right and then here comes another one. When does that end? What I'm trying to do is get it to end right now, by recognizing that that cycle is writing. That is: trying to understand the frustrations and setbacks (and agony) as part of a bigger chess game you are playing with art itself.” WritingTryingKindDoeArtEndsStoriesGamesRight NowBiggerChessNot SureFrustrationCyclesAgonyRecognizingSetbackChess Game Author:George Saunders
“Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.” WorldWantYearsHumansEyeTogetherChoicesCan DoHuman BeingsSimpleSpacePoorPayForeverDoorsRight NowWeaponsGunAnd LoveBiggerDefenseChanging The WorldClothingsLocksFeedingExcludedLosing YourselfLove And FearEyes Of Love Author:Bill Hicks
“Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore.” LooksMightRight NowNewsBiggerEntertainmentInstantMary Book:The screenplays Source: The screenplays
“My platform might be a little bigger than someone else's, but everyone has a purpose. For me, that purpose in my life right now is soccer. There's a cool, personal testimony that goes along with it.” LittlesMightPurposeRight NowBiggerSoccerPlatformsTestimony Author:Tobin Heath
“Don't overlook the significance of your smallest opportunities for civilized behavior throughout each day. The future has no bigger moments than we experience right now. The world changes for the better with every act of kindness, and for the worse with every act of cruelty. The future is nothing grander than the very next moment, and it arrives solely from the present.” WorldMomentsNextOpportunityKindnessRight NowBehaviorBiggerCrueltyEach DaySignificanceCivilizedSmallestActs Of KindnessChange For The BetterCivilized Behavior Book:It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice Source: It's a Meaningful Life: It Just Takes Practice
“Here's the bigger problem with all this, we're not interrogating anybody right now. Guantanamo's being emptied by this president. We should be putting people into Guantanamo, not emptying it out, and we shouldn't be releasing these killers who are rejoining the battlefield against the United States.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRight NowBiggerKillersBattlefieldsGuantanamoBigger ProblemsRejoining Author:Marco Rubio
“I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks good on paper: sell your books directly and keep a bigger chunk of the profit for yourself. No rejection letters. No hassle with agents. Sounds good, right?” KnowsLooksBookSelfSoundPossibilityRight NowPaperLettersBiggerSellsProfitAgentsRejectionPublishingChunksGiddyHassleRejection Letters Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“I hope that we start trendsetting [with Everybody Loves Somebody], you know, like having bigger movies also include that. Because I think it'll definitely change a lot of what's going on right now.” ThinkingKnowsRight NowBigger Author:Karla Souza