Books Quote by Ryan Holiday Download Open image “My neighbors don't care that I'm an author. It's inherently ego-inhibiting.” — Ryan Holiday ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Care Don-t-care Inherently Neighbors
I write with the idea that nobody will care about what I've written; I publish with the idea that nobody will care either. Which… — Lauren Grodstein Copy Share Image
The trouble is when people read about authors, they don't feel compelled to read the authors' work. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
No one's policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Like most authors, I'm a raging egomaniac. I know that about myself. And I know that, if I had internet access, I would waste… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't get what… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
If the Ego is hateful, Love your neighbor as yourself becomes a cruel irony. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
I don't think that writers have any responsibility to be good neighbors to the audience. — Jez Butterworth Copy Share Image
At the end of the day I am a writer, and if I don't take care of this, no one else will. — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
In general, writers who talk to their colleagues and neighbors constantly about their own writing seem to me pretty insufferable. I try not to… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“If we can focus on making clear what parts of our day are within our control and what parts are not, we will not… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“The areas of great interest to the Stoics all make an appearance here: virtue, mortality, emotions, self-awareness, fortitude, right action, problem solving, acceptance, mental… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“With a business, we take most failures less personally and understand they’re part of the process.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Many creatives want to be just the creator, or only “the idea guy.” They like that because it’s sexy and because that’s what comes… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
Pretty much everyone's career starts the same way: with grunt work. Not just the cliched fetching of coffee, but other lowly tasks: taking notes… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
The greats - they protect their sleep because it's where the best work comes from. They say no to things. They turn in when… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Where little danger is apprehended, the more the enemy will be unprepared and consequently there is the fairest prospect of success.” — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
We often learn the hard way that our world is ruled by external factors. We don't always get what is rightfully ours, even if… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“From Rusticus … I learned to read carefully and not be satisfied with a rough understanding of the whole, and not to agree too… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I wholeheartedly agree that many media 'standards' can feel disingenuous or, in fact, be a cover for less-than-honest behavior. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Remember: even what we get for free has a cost, if only in what we pay to store it—in our garages and in our… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
It's your job to find a release and an outlet for the stress and the feelings. Never forget: the crazy stays at home. — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
