Enthusiasm Quote by James Salter Download Open image “Hope but not enthusiasm is the proper state for the writer.” — James Salter ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enthusiasm Hope Inspirational Love States Writing
“An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.” — Sterling Lord Copy Share Image
Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Optimism generates hope...hope releases dreams...dreams set goals...enthusiasm follows — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Every writer secretly hopes that what he or she has written will endure. — Jonathan Coleman Copy Share Image
“No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.” — Grace Bridges Copy Share Image
It seems to me that literature is giving way a little bit to the immediacy of other diversions, other forms of entertainment. What will it be in fifty years? I don't know. Will there be printed books? Probably, but I'm not sure. There's always going to be literature, though. I believe that. I think literature has a way of getting… — James Salter Copy Share
Women fall in love when they get to know you. Men are just the opposite. When they finally know you they're ready to leave — James Salter Copy Share Image
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. — James Salter Copy Share Image
A writer writes a book. People read it. You don't know what they're reading, really. You read a review and think, "That is so… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“Strauss’s, for instance, which begins in the heavens. The artist doesn’t ascend to glory, he appears in it, he already has it and the world is prepared to recognize him. Meteoric, like a comet—those are the phrases we apply, and it’s true, it is a kind of burning. It makes them highly visible, and at the same time it consumes… — James Salter Copy Share
Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things. — James Salter Copy Share Image
Sometimes I write with a particular person in mind. I think it's fair to say that I write for a perceptive reader. You have… — James Salter Copy Share Image
Lots of scripts are written and not made, even scripts that people want to make. — James Salter Copy Share Image
I'd given up everything to be a writer, and if I didn't then go on to do that - to write - then I… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“One should not believe too easily in a life which can easily vanish.” — James Salter Copy Share Image
“Life is separated by scars, like the rings in the inside of a tree.” — James Salter Copy Share Image
But I think that of all the literature that I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait.… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other. — George Iles Copy Share Image
When you've got enough enthusiasm, and don't overthink, things turn out well. — David Trezeguet Copy Share Image
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life.… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Good churches are not built by bad men; at least, there must be probity and enthusiasm somewhere in the society. These minsters were neither… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is by far the highest paid quality on earth, probably because it is one of the rarest; yet it is one of the… — Frank Bettger Copy Share Image
