Motivation Quote by Paul J. Silvia

“Success as a writer is within the grasp of whoever can tell a story on paper that people want to hear, and is willing…

— Ralph Keyes

“Keep a journal of disappointments, failures, and self-destructive actions. It’s important to write this down because these are the kinds of things your self-serving…

— Richard O'Connor

“To write a lot, you should rethink your mental models of rejection and publication. Rejections are like a sales tax on publications: The more…

— Paul J. Silvia

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

— Tom Wolfe

“A writer is bound to have varying degrees of success, and I think that that is partly an issue of how central the burden…

— John Hersey

motivation is highest when the probability of success is 50 percent: We don't get involved if the task is too easy or too hard.

— Judith M Bardwick

“What motivates some people will not motivate others, a fact that provides all the more reason to understand the needs of your particular target…

— Nir Eyal

As a journalist, you sort of grind away, taking rejections as they come, building on whatever advances you've achieved.

— Robert Draper

“Precisely this one, which I had intended to be published anonymously so that it could never build any reputation on the part of the…

— Viktor Frankl

“What needs to be reinforced is the idea that good writing - solid, honest, entertaining, beautiful good writing - is simultaneously the reward, the…

— Tom Bissell

“Finding motivation in failure is the hardest part of success.”

— Zachary Koukol

“Direct, personal feedback really is the simplest and most effective form of motivation.”

— Patrick Lencioni