--- title: "7 Fit Quotes By Robert Greene" description: "7 Fit quotes by Robert Greene. Plus more from Robert Greene and more Fit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/robert-greene-498_articles_i-didn-t-like-writing-just-articles-and_226217.png" --- > [I didn't like writing just articles and things. So then I wandered around. I tried my hand at film and television and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/i-didn-t-like-writing-just-articles-and-things-so-then-i-wandered/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/robert-greene-498_articles_i-didn-t-like-writing-just-articles-and_226217.png) > [I'm okay for things like theater and stuff but for film, I just didn't think in the right way and I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/i-m-okay-for-things-like-theater-and-stuff-but-for-film-i-just-didn-t/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/robert-greene-498_business_i-m-okay-for-things-like-theater-and-stu_544283.png) > [Along the way, a lot of filmmakers get rid of things that are messy or don't fit in some ways. To me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/along-the-way-a-lot-of-filmmakers-get-rid-of-things-that-are-messy-or/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/robert-greene-498_demand_along-the-way-a-lot-of-filmmakers-get-ri_845678.png) > [If you're meant to do something like writing and you end up going into banking or finance, your going to be miserable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/if-you-re-meant-to-do-something-like-writing-and-you-end-up-going/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba3/robert-greene-498_banking_if-you-re-meant-to-do-something-like-wri_2278591.png) > [The Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different post-tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/the-crown-place-it-upon-your-head-and-you-assume-a-different-post/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/robert-greene-498_assuming_the-crown-place-it-upon-your-head-and-yo_2417870.png) > [Those qualities that separate us are often ridiculed by others or criticized by teachers. Because of these judgments, we might see our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/those-qualities-that-separate-us-are-often-ridiculed-by-others-or/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/robert-greene-498_attention_those-qualities-that-separate-us-are-oft_2755083.png) > [Early on in life I knew that I was a writer, that I just wanted to write, I love books, I love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/early-on-in-life-i-knew-that-i-was-a-writer-that-i-just-wanted-to/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/robert-greene-498_book_early-on-in-life-i-knew-that-i-was-a-wri_2944042.jpg) ## Other authors on Fit ## More by Robert Greene > [The whole concept of stage fright is fascinating. Actors get stage fright, but they wouldn't be on the stage in the first place if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/the-whole-concept-of-stage-fright-is-fascinating-actors-get-stage/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [I'm afraid I'm just too intense to have soft ideas, you know, about what to read when you're trying to pass the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/i-m-afraid-i-m-just-too-intense-to-have-soft-ideas-you-know-about/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [You are facing death and danger and competition, but at any moment, you can decide to have a fearless mindset.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/you-are-facing-death-and-danger-and-competition-but-at-any-moment-you/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [Let me spell it out: with the psychotic boss, nothing you do is ever quite right. They set traps, asking you to do things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/let-me-spell-it-out-with-the-psychotic-boss-nothing-you-do-is-ever/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [Evil or manipulative people don't need a book, they just do it anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/evil-or-manipulative-people-don-t-need-a-book-they-just-do-it-anyway/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [Everybody knows what they were kind of drawn towards or what they're gifted at and it's more of courage and looking at yourself and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/everybody-knows-what-they-were-kind-of-drawn-towards-or-what-they-re/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/remember-your-bosses-prefer-to-keep-you-in-dependent-positions-it-is/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [I want to be able to write, that's my first love and I don't want to deviate from it even though I probably could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/i-want-to-be-able-to-write-that-s-my-first-love-and-i-don-t-want-to/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [It's sometimes hard to talk about politics and art. Obviously, I have my core beliefs, but I think art is best when it's troublesome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/it-s-sometimes-hard-to-talk-about-politics-and-art-obviously-i-have/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [If you change and adapt your persona, you are seen as inauthentic; if you stay the angry young man, you fade from attention or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/if-you-change-and-adapt-your-persona-you-are-seen-as-inauthentic-if/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/your-energy-your-spirit-are-important-considerations-feeling-petty/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [Fear creates its own self-fulfilling dynamic- as people give into it, they lose energy and momentum. Their lack of confidence translates into inaction that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/fear-creates-its-own-self-fulfilling-dynamic-as-people-give-into-it/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [What I like about the internet, what I see there is that its much more democratic. I have much more control, and if what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/what-i-like-about-the-internet-what-i-see-there-is-that-its-much-more/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [“It is hard for us to imagine now, but our earliest human ancestors who ventured out onto the grasslands of East Africa some six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/it-is-hard-for-us-to-imagine-now-but-our-earliest-human-ancestors-who/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) > [“Let us call this quality the Original Mind. This mind looked at the world more directly—not through words and received ideas. It was flexible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greene/let-us-call-this-quality-the-original-mind-this-mind-looked-at-the/) [Robert Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greene/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fit/robert-greene/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fit Quotes By Robert Greene", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't like writing just articles and things. So then I wandered around. 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