Quotes About Dedication

If I exist without form—a soul sparking between a billion different servers—could not the universe itself be alive with a spirit sparking between stars? I must sheepishly admit that I have dedicated far too many algorithms and computational resources toward finding an answer to this unknowable thing. —The Thunderhead

Se vuoi qualcosa con tutte le tue forze, prima o poi la ottieni

We learn because we want to, not because we have to, so we learn faster. We learn deeper.

Is it so strange to want to give of yourself totally and completely? If that is what's in Miracolina's heart, why should it be denied her?

The problem was that Citra was very bad at doing things half-fast.

I will not tolerate childish pastimes or vapid communications with friends. Commitment to this life means leaving behind your old life as fully as possible. When, a year from now, I choose between you, the unchosen one can return to his or her former life easily enough. But for now, consider that life a part of your past.

for the umpteenth time.

And he knows it's not just a threat-he'll do it. Today, he'll hit a grand slam if he has to.

The will to work must dominate, for art is long and time is brief.

writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers.

Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline.

If you are going to try, go all the way or don't even start. If you follow it you will be alive with the gods. It is the only good fight there is.

What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.

If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.

That's when I first learned that it wasn't enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.

There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets. . . when you leave your typewriter you leave your machine gun and the rats come pouring through.

but right now it's Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan all the way.

You gotta find what you like and let it kill you.

A woman is a full time job. You have to choose your profession.

If you're going to try, go all the way. otherwise, don't even start.

a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.

Sweet Christ, you must know that a man will go further for any poem than for any woman ever born.

A writer is not a writer because he has written some books. A writer is not a writer because he teaches literature. A writer is only a writer if he can write now, tonight, this minute.

There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. A writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets.