Leaders are not pale reflectors of major social conflicts; they play up some, play down others, ignore still others. James MacGregor Burns
Woodrow Wilson called for leaders who, by boldly interpreting the nation's conscience, could lift a people out of their everyday selves. That people can be lifted into their better selves is the secret of transforming leadership. James MacGregor Burns
Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique. James MacGregor Burns
In real life, the most practical advice for leaders is not to treat pawns like pawns, nor princes like princes, but all persons like persons. James MacGregor Burns
I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me. James Lee Burke
When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well. James Lee Burke
That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds. James Lee Burke
Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. James Lee Burke
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. James Lee Burke
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. James Lee Burke
Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. James Lee Burke
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box. James Lee Burke
Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. James Lee Burke
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. James Lee Burke
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us. James Lee Burke
Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. James Lee Burke
I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box. James Lee Burke
You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home. James Lee Burke