To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
Oh, I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be irresponsible, too.
I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.