"You are truly focused when you're so focused……" — Jerry Spinelli

"You are truly focused when you're so focused that you don't know you're focused."

— Jerry Spinelli

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149 Quotes by Jerry Spinelli

Jerry Spinelli has 149 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I listen to the summer symphony outside my window. Truthfully, it's not a symphony at all. There's no tune, no…
Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it…
Peer pressure is just that: pressure.
It (enchantment) started when the earth was born. It never stops. It is, always. It's just here.
Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.
And the more you love someone, the safer it is to be mad at them. Love can handle mad, no…
Angels and crows passed each other, one leaving, the other coming.
The golden rule of writing is to write what you care about. If you care about your topic, you'll do…
It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a…
Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted,…
I became a children's author by accident.
I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. — Giorgio Armani
The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
I'm very focused on the world and my career and my Porsche turbo and making money and Stevie B. Inc.… — Stephen Baldwin
What Democrats haven't focused on are the kind of policies that would promote economic growth - such as making permanent… — Bob Beauprez
If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things.… — Martha Beck
Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes… — Martha Beck
If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be… — Jeff Bezos
You got to be just stupid to not be focused on alternative energy. — Lewis Black
Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top. — Orlando Bloom
For me, I'm focused on what I want to do. I know what I need to do to be a… — Usain Bolt
I'm obviously aware that people are quite focused on the economy rather than foreign policy issues, but that is something… — John Bolton
I try to stay focused on my creativity. — Christina Aguilera

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