Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer
Source: It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
Lost Boys (1992)
Jim Henson (1936–1990) American puppeteer
Source: It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider
“True greatness isn't so much what you do as who you are.”
Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 162
“Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
“A writer who knows what he is doing isn't doing very much.”
Nelson Algren (1909–1981) American novelist, short story writer
"he once said", quoted by Richard Flanagan, 2005. (Also quoted as: "Any writer who knows what he's doing isn't doing very much.")
Nonfiction works
Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
We The Living (1936)
Source: We The Living Part One Chapter 6
“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”
Barbara Sher (1935) American writer
Source: Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams
“Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.”
Madeleine L'Engle A Wind in the Door
Source: A Wind in the Door
Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist
Melissa Johnson, Chapter 26, p. 308-309
2000s, The Rescue (2000)
“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?”
Yann Martel book Life of Pi
Source: Life of Pi (2001), Chapter 99, p. 330