Halleh Akbarnia Quotes & Sayings

Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books. It may be the case that we all must write many books in order to achieve a few lasting ones - just as a young writer or poet might have to write hundreds of poems before writing his first significant one. — Joyce Carol Oates

When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head; I don't try to write a parable or make a point. — Lauren DeStefano

It is unpleasant and disturbing to be rejected. It is deeply satisfying to be accepted. — Stephen Covey

You ask any person in the U.S. and they know who Mary Lou Retton is. — Nastia Liukin

It was impossible to imagine a time when [Fielding's] dry wit wouldn't be around to make me laugh, or to imagine someone else being the one to see the joy on his face when he learned something new. I thought about all of that, and then I thought about never holding him again, never kissing him again, never again experiencing Fielding pushy and demanding and needing me so bad he trembled with it.
And man, it fucking hurt.
"Okay," I said out loud, swallowing hard. "Okay, I give. Uncle."
It was time to admit defeat, to lay down my cards, and concede the game.
For the first time in my life, I was in love. I was in love with a guy. I was in love with Fielding Monroe. — Eli Easton

The enemy of fear is creativity. — Seth Godin