As a writer, it's important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God.
Amish Tripathi
Related There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - th... RUTH OZEKI if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you shoul... OCTAVIA SPENCER Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS You can never sanctify to God that with which you long to satisfy yourself. OSWALD CHAMBERS The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER Knowing when and how to rest is knowing when and how to acknowledge your limitations and your depend... CRAIG GROESCHEL All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your mus... GLORIA ESTEFAN Your ears love to hear, so speak to it SOTONYE ANGA Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE If you're a news magazine and you want to tell your readers about the story, you've got to show the ... EZRA LEVANT The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis. CRAIG GROESCHEL Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY I think it's important for an actor to see the work they've done because every time you revi... ABHISHEK BACHCHAN You know the actor's nightmare is getting up onstage and not being prepared? I think the writer&... LYNN COADY There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES And as long as your cats is loyal to what y'all are standing for, and they know how to play the ... RAEKWON I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work. JAMES FREY An artist makes a painting, and nobody bugs him or her about it. It's just you and your painting... DAVID LYNCH One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You... JOHN GRISHAM My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to t... J.K. ROWLING Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD Why do you want to become an author? I will accept only one answer. If it is because you feel you ca... NGAIO MARSH Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER Whatever your religious tradition is, if it's important to you and you don't feel comfortabl... TIM KAINE It's not about giving back if you're successful or a celebrity or how much money you have: i... TRISHA YEARWOOD As an author, I realise, you're on your own. You have to do everything you can to help The Book.... TIBOR FISCHER Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly; In my own way, and with my full consent. Say... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it's important for you to unde... MICHELLE OBAMA It's so important to have a great relationship with your physician. It's one of those essent... JOANNA GARCIA I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and charact... ERIC BROWN As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA 'Giving 2.0' is about making your giving matter more to the people we all hope to help, and ... LAURA ARRILLAGA-ANDREESSEN If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writ... THEODORA GOSS It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organiza... LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR. It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOO... OLAOTAN FAWEHINMI In order to honor God with your wealth, you first have to admit that you are rich. Most people won't... CRAIG GROESCHEL Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Mine is a story about a teenage single mother who struggled to keep her young family afloat. It'... WENDY DAVIS The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing o... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS Being an author is fun. It's a great job, because I can stay up as late as I want, and if I feel... DAV PILKEY It is good to start as young as you can. What is more important is to carve out your vision and asse... SHIV NADAR There is something really horrific for any human being who feels he is being consumed by other peopl... WOLE SOYINKA It's your body and your life and you have an absolute right to do with it as you choose. DANIEL KEYS MORAN God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond. JOHNNIE DENT JR. I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of va... LIEV SCHREIBER He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL When you're writing a book, with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people... ROALD DAHL As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never h... DREW CAREY The simplest way to silence your critics as a leader is to do what they claim you can’t do. Howeve... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Face your fears by remembering the power of God's cleaning truth. To change the way you are, change ... CRAIG GROESCHEL As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rej... AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS A trainer needs to be an effective listener. They should treat you as an individual and ask a lot of... CEDRIC BRYANT I have to do what the team needs me to do as a captain. I don't care about awards. What's important ... EMILY KING Your past is important, but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your fu... TONY CAMPOLO Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your fut... TONY CAMPOLO I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects yo... DIANNA AGRON You release the pain of the past and press on. It's a new day, and God is doing a new thing. He want... CRAIG GROESCHEL If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA It's different as a guest as opposed to being a star of a series. A guest star is a whole differ... DONNIE WAHLBERG Being a friend to your child is the best gift you give to your child. JONATHAN CHEN If people do not look after their hearts they will soon see a flag of submission and the fight will ... GARY F EVANS... Locating God’s Word that describes the true picture of your future is the key that unlocks the mys... BENJAMIN SUULOLA An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript -... M. J. ROSE You have to love your children unselfishly. That's hard. But it's the only way. BARBARA BUSH Be who you want to be not what others think you should be. BILAL SAIF The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and... KATHERINE PATERSON Life. Life is a show. It's up to you how to make your own story, do your own show and how to live yo... DIANA ROSE MORCILLA I get to wake up every day and create music. And even when it's a tough moment as far as career ... NICK JONAS The most important thing we take care of is your immediate need, your transportation. You probably s... VIC TARASIK As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's publishe... DAVID BERGEN As a standup comedian, you have to develop a sense of fearlessness. It's really important for yo... JOHN DIMAGGIO Critics are important. They give us the reasons, knowingly or unknowingly, not to fall, slumber or d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The love you get, is equal to the love you give. BEN OAK I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting... PATRICK DEWITT Whether you say that a god does exist, or that none do, it is a claim
to know (or at least believe i... LEWIS N. ROE When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your li... BILLY CRYSTAL
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