Become Quote by Alain de Botton Download Open image “Never, ever become a writer. It's a nightmare.” — Alain de Botton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Become Ever Never Nightmare Writer Writing
I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me. — William Landay Copy Share Image
I've been a writer my whole life. I've just never pursued a career in it since I graduated college. — Scheana Shay Copy Share Image
I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
When people say, Did you always want to be a writer?, I have to say no! I always WAS a writer. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader. — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I always wanted to be a writer, but I was always writing. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
“To be mature is, we're told, to move beyond possessiveness. Jealousy is for babies. The mature person knows that no one owns anyone.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“He feared that by leaving her he would ruin her life - so he stayed, and did just that.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“The Anxiety of Sunday afternoon: your unlived lives and infinite possibility pressing upon the constraints of reality.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Those who divorce aren't necessarily the most unhappy, just those neatly able to believe their misery is caused by one other person. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time—inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as our passing desires… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Insofar as we appreciate order, it is when we perceive it as being accompanied by complexity, when we feel that a variety of elements… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
I like the values associated with a medical family - common sense, being practical but also thoughtful. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Anyone who urgently needs us deserves, in the true book of love, to be our friend.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“We can then recognize that we invented religions to serve two central needs which continue to this day and which secular society has not… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
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A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
If someone has the opportunity to become a model, I would say, 'Do it.' — Cameron Russell Copy Share Image
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My first bill to become law repeals regulations to make everyday life easier and more affordable for Americans. — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
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