- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Me Quotes
Quotes rooted in the first person.
These are quotes centered on 'me' - childhood memories tied to family traditions, like a grandfather's holiday reading passed down for decades, alongside admissions about how humor can double as self-protection. Several speak to the solitary nature of creative work, something also explored in Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Always
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't have Facebook or Twitter accounts yet. Being a compulsive storyteller, I always make up for myself discouraging stories about how such accounts will get me into embarrassing and time-consuming situations.
- Coastline
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
One of my favorite ways to find fictional inspiration, by the way, is to browse historical timelines. I also like world atlases - any country with a squiggly coastline seems to inspire me, as do visual dictionaries, those reclusive creatures of the reference shelf.
- Practice
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I no longer practice medicine, but I can say that, for me, medicine was easier - and certainly less emotionally turbulent - than writing.
- Question
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
'How does your life turn out?' That's the ultimate novelistic question to me.
- Least
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
A novel, at least for me, cannot be visualized at one time.
- Feel
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Point of view gets me. If I can feel like a character rather than a reader, I'll read that book.
- Great
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I can only remember two books from college that moved me: E.M. Forster's 'Howards End' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'
- Game
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Nothing's really been handed to me, and I've stayed in the game long enough to get an opportunity that I've been hopefully knocking it out of the park every chance I get.
- Challenge
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
My decision to leave Impact had nothing to with their business or finances and everything with me wanting to challenge myself to something new.
- Difficult
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Leaving Impact was a very difficult decision, as I had six months left on a very lucrative and talent-friendly contract. Anthem lived up to that contract and always treated me with the utmost respect as a businessman and a person.
- Confidence
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I have never had feeling in my toes. My uncle, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, once told me in confidence he had the same syndrome, leading me to believe it is genetic.
- Loser
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's more interesting for me as an audience member to see a movie about a loser.
- Like
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show in decades.
- Need
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Oscars just ain't gonna do it for me anymore. I need the Nobel Peace Prize. The Oscars have worn off, man.
- Being
- |
- Nov 07, 2020