Writers divide into those who write biting their nails and those who don't. Some writers write licking their finger. Italo Calvino
Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession. Nelson DeMille
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a book or two before 'Tell No One.' I moved up from $50,000 to $75,000, then $150,000 for each book. I had never thought I would be doing anything else. I had enough encouragement. Harlan Coben
Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing. Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing. Joan Didion
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. Heraclitus
You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. Jonathan Carroll
You just don't want to get pigeon-holed into one position. That's why even though I start out at center, I may play small forward, if I get a rebound and you're not there I can bring the ball up. Lisa Leslie
You know what you are getting into, but being out in that heat for two weeks definitely drains your energy. Cobi Jones
You know, I never looked down the road and said, 'Hey look, one day, the Hall of Fame.' It's always about playing each and every game 100 percent and I thank my teammates for getting me into the Hall because football is a team sport, not an individual sport. Jerry Rice
You know, I think I had a great career; there's not much I think I'd do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn't get one till 49 or 50 fights into my career. Marvin Hagler
You know, some of the good part of blog theory was that blogs would be like diaries that the world could read. They would be spontaneous, whatever pops into your mind, as a diary would be. Gregg Easterbrook
You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is either an outside shot - a three-point shot - or a dunk. Oscar Robertson
You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself. Epictetus Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/epictetus_3.html#fXoF7ffcwHGdRTZY.99 Epictetus
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.Napoleon Bonaparte
You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in. Natalie Coughlin
You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring. Gerry Cooney