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> [“You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/you-re-only-as-good-or-bad-as-your-latest-attempt-to-make-some/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/steve-lopez-29913_connection_you-re-only-as-good-or-bad-as-your-lates_2478581.png)

## More by Steve Lopez

> [It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/it-is-possible-to-cause-seemingly-biochemical-changes-through-human/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Without a mission and a sense of whom you write for, you aren't worth reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/without-a-mission-and-a-sense-of-whom-you-write-for-you-aren-t-worth/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Your violin has only two strings,” I say. “You’re missing the other two.” Yes, he says. He’s well aware. “All I want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/your-violin-has-only-two-strings-i-say-you-re-missing-the-other-two/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Love is mental illness going in and mental illness coming out. In between, you do a lot of laundry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/love-is-mental-illness-going-in-and-mental-illness-coming-out-in/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Titled players appeared to be trotting out game after game in which the same old hoary opening sequences, memorized out to fifteen, twenty, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/titled-players-appeared-to-be-trotting-out-game-after-game-in-which/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“I don't want the concert to ever end.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/i-don-t-want-the-concert-to-ever-end/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [It's more interesting to be out in the world. than to see it reflected in the mirror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/it-s-more-interesting-to-be-out-in-the-world-than-to-see-it-reflected/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Nathaniel is not a mentally ill musician, as I have been referring to him, but a musician with mental illness. It's a subtle but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/nathaniel-is-not-a-mentally-ill-musician-as-i-have-been-referring-to/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Negativity is never an option](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/negativity-is-never-an-option/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [.. a friend is someone who inspires, who challenges, who sends you in search of some truer sense of yourself..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/a-friend-is-someone-who-inspires-who-challenges-who-sends-you-in/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Nathaniel is not a mentally ill musician, as I have been referring to him, but a musician with mental illness. It's a subtle but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/nathaniel-is-not-a-mentally-ill-musician-as-i-have-been-referring-to-2/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“Learning how to play an instrument has always been near the top of my to-do list, but what are the chances now? There's little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/learning-how-to-play-an-instrument-has-always-been-near-the-top-of-my/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“You're only as good or bad as your latest attempt to make some connection with the world...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/you-re-only-as-good-or-bad-as-your-latest-attempt-to-make-some/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [“If you put your very existence into it, your sensitivity and humanity, it makes for a sound distinctly yours”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/if-you-put-your-very-existence-into-it-your-sensitivity-and-humanity/)

[Steve López](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

> [Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-lopez/nurses-quietly-go-about-their-work-in-a-noble-profession-uncelebrated/)

[Steve Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-lopez/)

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