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14. “Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.”
Guy Kawasaki
Writing, Authenticity, Creativity, Passion, Individuality
17. “The two most important things about people on a revolutionary team are their ability and passion. Their educational level or work experience is meaningless – most of the engineers who did ground-breaking work of the Macintosh design didn’t even graduate from college.” Guy Kawasaki Innovation, Passion, Success, Ability, Knowledge
22. “George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a lot of that album. I'd come home from school, put it on, and listen over and over. I started memorizing it. I don't even know why. I loved it so much I memorized it.” Steven Wright Comedy, Influence, Inspiration, George Carlin, Passion
23. “I’ve been doing comedy longer than I haven’t been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on ‘The Tonight Show.’ There’s truly nothing like it; it’s intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual.” Steven Wright Comedy, Performance, Experience, Passion, Career
25. “There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can't get it anywhere else. And I've been doing it since I was 23, so it's part of my being - it's part of my fabric as a person.” Steven Wright Performance, Live, Audience, Experience, Passion
40. “My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I’ve taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, ‘The Hornet’s Nest,’ I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.” Jimmy Carter Painting, Art, Creativity, Writing, Passion
Passion Quotes by Famous Authors
14. “Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.”
Guy Kawasaki Writing, Authenticity, Creativity, Passion, Individuality
17. “The two most important things about people on a revolutionary team are their ability and passion. Their educational level or work experience is meaningless – most of the engineers who did ground-breaking work of the Macintosh design didn’t even graduate from college.”
Guy Kawasaki Innovation, Passion, Success, Ability, Knowledge
22. “George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a lot of that album. I'd come home from school, put it on, and listen over and over. I started memorizing it. I don't even know why. I loved it so much I memorized it.”
Steven Wright Comedy, Influence, Inspiration, George Carlin, Passion
23. “I’ve been doing comedy longer than I haven’t been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on ‘The Tonight Show.’ There’s truly nothing like it; it’s intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual.”
Steven Wright Comedy, Performance, Experience, Passion, Career
25. “There's something about being in front of a live audience that's fun. It's a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can't get it anywhere else. And I've been doing it since I was 23, so it's part of my being - it's part of my fabric as a person.”
Steven Wright Performance, Live, Audience, Experience, Passion
40. “My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I’ve taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, ‘The Hornet’s Nest,’ I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.”
Jimmy Carter Painting, Art, Creativity, Writing, Passion
