“In the usual way I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of "normal" work. In my twenties some of my work for children was published by Macmillan. However, I was twenty-seven before my adult novel, The Birthgrave, was taken by DAW Books in the USA. This enabled me finally to stop doing stupid and soul-killing jobs, and start working day and night as a professional writer. It felt like a rescue from damnation, and still does.” WayShouldChildrenDoeStillsBookSoulFeelingsJobsNightWishFeltNovelTakenStupidNormalAdultsTwentiesSevenKillingHatedUsaUsualRescuePublishersDay And NightManuscriptsDamnationDrudgery Author:Tanith Lee
“I had been writing comic books for years and I was doing them to please a publisher, who felt that comics are only read by very young children or stupid adults. And therefore, we have to keep the stories very simplistic... And those were all things I hated.” WritingYearsChildrenBookStoriesYoungFeltStupidPleaseAdultsComicHatedComic BookPublishersYoung Children Author:Stan Lee
“In general, advertising isn't a "creative" atmosphere. It's a business atmosphere and your job is puzzle solving. My favorite aspect of the business, I guess, was presenting to clients. What I enjoyed least were the clients. Worried corporate brand managers, trying to dumb-down their ads for the stupid American population. I hated the disrespect that these people had for "consumers."” PeopleTryingJobsCreativeStupidAspectMy FavoritePopulationAdvertisingBrandsManagersEnjoyedDumbConsumersWorriedCorporateAtmosphereHatedAdsClientsPuzzlesDisrespectPresenting Author:Augusten Burroughs
“Growing up, road trips with Dad were something I hated. Sitting still for hours, singing that stupid song, "100 bottles of beer on the wall. 100 bottles of beer..." Dad, you know, keeping up with the song.” KnowsStillsSongHoursGrowing UpGrowingStupidWallDadSingingSittingBeerHatedBottlesRoad TripSitting Still Author:Christopher Titus
“I became famous so quickly and so young - it was daunting. I was immature and I used to say some really stupid things in interviews. I never smiled on stage so I looked really serious, but it was because I hated my teeth and was incredibly nervous.” YoungUsedStageStupidSeriousTeethNervousHatedInterviewsImmatureStupid ThingsReally Stupid Author:Gary Numan
“[Flaubert] didn’t just hate the railway as such; he hated the way it flattered people with the illusion of progress. What was the point of scientific advance without moral advance? The railway would merely permit more people to move about, meet and be stupid together.” PeopleWayTogetherMovingHateMoralTechnologyProgressStupidIllusionHatedPermitFlatteredRailway Author:Julian Barnes