A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.
The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.
We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.
Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.
It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.
And unlike the rest of you, he hasn’t yet time to ruin his career or his mind. " "Then he won’t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic. " "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.
When I hesitate, I do not paint. When I paint, I do not hesitate.
One idea can be transformative. One idea can change your career, your life, your community, your family, and even the world. I truly believe that each of us have at least one special game-changing idea inside us right now. The trick is, how do we get it out?
Naming a center after a person who is still alive can make it seem that an individual somehow on their own was able to accomplish what he accomplished.