Ambition Quote by Jeanette Winterson

“I suppose I'm ambitious for something in spite of the fact that most things known as success don't inspire me to try for them…

— Robert McAlmon

“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.”

— James Hilton

“I am ambitious. I set goals; not because I am ungrateful for what I have, but because I am happy with who I am.…

— Steve Maraboli

“Without ambition, no goal can be met.”

— Kya Aliana

“Talent helps, but it won't take you as far as ambition.”

— Paul Arden

“Nobody ever recommended or even desired that I be a novelist - in fact, some tried to stop me. I had the idea to…

— Haruki Murakami

“Ambition is natural when you don't have anything. You know what you're driving for.”

— Harlan Coben

“Your lack of ambition is truly remarkable.”

— John Green

“I say that ambition is absurd, and yet I remain in its thrall. It’s like being a slave all your life, then learning one…

— Tom Rachman

“I think... the most brilliant thing about being a writer,is that if you don't like the way the world is, you can create your…

— Maegan Cook

“But I did not want to be good. I wanted to be a writer.”

— Isabel Huggan

“Be honest with yourself; set the alarm for the time the Real You will get up, not the Ambitious You, because the Ambitious You…

— Laurie Notaro