I have been aspiring to write some sort of literature for…

Culture - art, music, literature - is the long game, because it's the way to change people's ideas in a more personal way.

— Dee Rees

“Reading great literature, it has long been averred, enlarges and improves us as human beings,” wrote Paul. “Brain science shows this claim is truer…

— Terry Marselle

I've never really thought of myself as just an actor; I always thought of myself as aspiring to be an artist, and an artist…

— John Leguizamo

Everyone's path is completely different. I could give an aspiring artist my timeline and every phone number and contact person along the way, but…

— Elizabeth Cook

I would tell any aspiring designer to take the time to experience everything they can to really get a feel for what direction they…

— Prabal Gurung

For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars…

— Ryan Guzman

Tis immortality to die aspiring.

— George Chapman

Anyone aspiring to literary greatness should read 'New Grub Street' and weep.

— Tina Brown

Stop aspiring. Start doing.

— Nathan Lowell

“Stop aspiring and start being. The world needs you!”

— Bryant McGill

In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.

— Anne Fortier

What I want is to live of that initial and primordial something that was what made some things reach the point of aspiring to…

— Clarice Lispector

Heaven and God are not high above us, far away; they are deep within us. Heaven is not a distant country where there are…

— Sri Chinmoy

“Everything you say and do...it all sparkles so brightly. It's too blinding for me, and I end up closing my eyes. But I can't…

— Arima Kousei

I made a lot of mistakes along the way, but feel incredibly lucky to be in the position I am now and to be…

— Justin Lin