“Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated.” KnowsWritingYearsWellsFiveLuckyBrilliantJust OneScreenplays Author:Patrick Marber
“Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me ... Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have been dealt a hand in life that enables us to write large checks to the government rather than one requiring the government to regularly write checks to us-say, because we are disabled or unemployed.” FeelsWritingDoeHas BeensHandsGovernmentBusinessLuckyTaxesChecksFinanceBotherStringsDisabledUnemployedIrs Author:Warren Buffett
“If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive and ignorant mention of your book. If you write romance, forget about it. You'll be lucky if they spell your name right on the bestseller list.” IfsWritingBookMightRomanceCultureNamesForgetLuckyPaperPopsListsIgnorantSpellsTopicsLitFascinationPop CultureChicksNew Yorkers Author:Jennifer Weiner
“If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.” IfsWritingSituationFailingLuckyCreating Author:Ira Glass
“My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky.” WritingYearsFirstsMadeBookThreeFiveLuckyHusbandFive YearsThree YearsHousewife Author:Judith Perelman Rossner
“Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps.” WritingBelieveCreativeLuckyAccidentsPushingElephantsSkatesRamp Author:Leonard Bishop
“I left my job in the fall, and now I can set my life up around writing instead of squeezing writing into my day; it's amazing to have that time, and I feel very lucky.” FeelsWritingI CanJobsFallLeftLuckySqueezing Author:Karen Thompson Walker