Quotes About Fulfillment

Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

It was humbling to see my brothers blowing up in music while I wasn't in the public eye, but it was also gratifying, because I'm doing what I love, and the self-esteem you get from that is so much better.

You don't know how long you have in public life... I want to make the best of it while I've got the role.

I can be happy in the private sector, the non-profit sector, or the public sector.

What I feel is there are certain demands that you have to satisfy in any piece of writing. When it's just for me, it's just for me, but if it's a piece for a particular publication, I know what they're going to ask for.

I don't want to dedicate my life to getting publicity.

I like to discuss my condition publicly because if I, with this disability, am able to fulfill some of my ambitions, so can other diabetics.

Until I came out publicly, I wasn't really living my fullest life. I was trying to be who I thought I was supposed to be, which never turns out good, and I wasn't fulfilled.

I don't necessarily intend to publish posthumously, but I do like to write for myself.

I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition beyond that.

I don't need to publish to make a living.

I didn't say I have to be a writer, but I did say that I needed to publish at least one book.

Up until my first book was published, I had all this potential, people would say, and I screwed up. After it, I could say: 'No, I didn't screw up.'

It was more exciting to get that first book published, I think.

From the very beginning, I envisioned success as selling enough books so I could keep getting published and continue to write what I wanted to without compromising.

What I feel bad about is not having published very much in the last few years.

Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad. I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer.

For me, just being published feels like success.

The story wrote quickly. I called it 'Where You're From,' and I sent it out, as I had numerous other stories over the years. Except this time I got a letter back saying that it would be published. Someone out there had liked the story. I was thirty-one years old.

I have written much more than I have had published.

Having my novels published is a dream come true.

I do what I love and what I always dreamed of doing for a living. I write love stories, and I have always had a publisher willing to publish them. I have a sizable and loyal audience. I have made best-seller lists and won awards. What more could anyone ask for?

I really only have been seriously writing, finishing things and publishing things since January '91.

Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.