I want to be famous in my home.
People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.
If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.
What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.
It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.
Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.
I think there are a lot of writers who would never have an opportunity to make their work. Some presses rely heavily on the NEA. Translators cannot support themselves on translating. It would be isolating artistically. It would diminish experimental output. It would have a homogenizing effect on the work that was made.
out of great Russia came three dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die for: Bread, Peace, Land.
When you have shot and killed a man you have in some measure clarified your attitude toward him. You have given a definite answer to a definite problem. For better or worse you have acted decisively. In a way, the next move is up to him.
They that touch pitch will be defiled.