“It’s frustrating, that you know what good literature is but you cannot get it totally right.”

“It's a very frustrated feeling you get when the only people with good photos of you work are the police department.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

“I'm a perfectionist. I like to get it right. I like to get it good. And you know, writing songs is not -- it's not the kind of thing that you can count on every day. You never know what's going to come or if it's going to come. So you -- you know, it's an uncertain kind of a thing.”

Neil Diamond (1941) American singer-songwriter

“Do you know what the good side of crack is? If you're up at the right hour, you can get a VCR for $1.50. You can furnish your whole house for $10.95.”

Chris Rock (1965) American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer, and director

“If you walk somebody, you just have to get the next hitter out. You can't be frustrated about walks or who is on base. If you've got good stuff that night, you're good enough to get the next hitter out.”

Carlos Zambrano (1981) Venezuelan baseball pitcher

“There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.”

Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

“Roger: You know it’s always a good time people are energetic and it’s awesome. Totally excited.”

Roger Manganelli (1973) American musician

“[…]you know what they say about messengers, right"?
Excuse me?"
Too much bad news will get you shot."[…]”

Jessica Bird (1969) U.S. novelist

“You know, when you're right, that's all you get to be.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

“The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal.”

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist