Am Quote by Doris Lessing

I think there is optimism to what I write.

— KT Tunstall

There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism.

— Jim Leach

I feel like there's more of a need to tell more optimistic stories.

— Eliza Hittman

I do not believe that true optimism can come about except through tragedy.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I have about an equal amount of optimism and pessimism.

— Carey Price

I love optimism but most times reality isn't all optimistic and sometimes we have to say things the way they appear to us.

— Terry Mark

There's nothing particularly wrong with being more pessimistic than optimistic. Optimism is broad-based, non-detail-oriented thinking; pessimism is detail-oriented thinking.

— David Rakoff

It is important to possess a short-term pessimism and a long-term optimism.

— Adrienne Rich

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.

— Anonymous

Optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

— Jeannette Walls

I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum.

— Tim Lebbon

Optimism is when you're not sure where life is going to take you, so naturally you anticipate the best possible outcome

— Hilary Thayer Hamann