Discipline Quote by John Irving Download Open image “My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline.” — John Irving ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Discipline Inspirational Life Motivation Talent Writing
My experience is, the writer I was when I began was only a fraction of what I feel capable of doing now. Don't stand… — Anthony McCarten Copy Share Image
I'm not disciplined enough to be a writer consistently. I write when I have to. — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image
I'm not the most talented writer in the world. I know that. But I also know that I'm disciplined, that I work my butt… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
There's a level of discipline I use as a writer, designed to get better at what I'm doing, that requires quite a lot of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Seriously, I don't consider myself a writer. I don't think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it. — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I am a disciplined person. When I am writing, I write for 7-8 hours. — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up;… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Your memory is a monster; you forget - it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from… — John Irving Copy Share Image
… and so he tried to accept the ache in his heart as what Dr. Larch would call the common symptoms of normal life. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Watch out for people who call themselves religious; make sure you know what they mean––make sure they know what they mean! — John Irving Copy Share Image
The desire to never leave your side, the desire to never see you again. The desire to see your face asleep on the pillow… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I had been a student in Vienna, and one of the neat little things I had found out was about that zoo. It was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“God, I think I just hit a high E-flat - and I really held it!" Esmeralda said, after one of her more prolonged orgasms,… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Nostalgia!" Miss Frost cried. "You´re nostalgic!" She repeated. "Just how old are you, William?" She asked. "Seventeen, " I told her. "Seventeen!" Miss Frost… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“JUST BECAUSE A BUNCH OF ATHEISTS ARE BETTER WRITERS THAN THE GUYS WHO WROTE THE BIBLE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE THEM RIGHT!" [Owen Meany] said… — John Irving Copy Share Image
It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Only the chicken-lover will understand me. He will give me a kindly look, maybe mildly desirous. His eyes will tell me: You might look… — John Irving Copy Share Image
You're nice,' Cushie told him, squeezing his hand. 'And you're my oldest friend.' But they both must have known that you can know someone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Christianity was never meant to be defined by its disciplines, but by its passions. — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
Grit and self-control are related, but they're not the same thing. — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
You can't have the fruits without the roots. It's the principle of sequencing: Private Victories proceed Public Victories. Self-mastery and self-discipline are the foundation… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Like a child exploring the attic of an old house on a rainy day, discovering a trunk full of treasure and then calling all… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it. — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“I felt like praying or something, when I was in bed, but I couldn't do it. I can't always pray when I feel like… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The undisciplined child enters into discipline by working in the company of others; not being told he is naughty.” “Discipline is, therefore, primarily a… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Proverbs from the East: The wind howls, but the mountain remains still. Even though I make no special attempt to observe the discipline of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion… — Burne Hogarth Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image