I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes bureaucrat kind literary
Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement. Michael Korda achievementdistanceeasy Change image and share on social
To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it. Michael Korda acceptrisesucceed Change image and share on social
An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda ambitionhypocrisyounce Change image and share on social
When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because it made me feel so good. I think you could argue that there is a creative addiction - but, you know, the healthy kind. Lauryn Hill addictionargueback share on social
With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal. Robert Gottlieb appealbookcommercial Change image and share on social
Somehow we must reintegrate the scientific with the popular and reconnect the future to the present. This is less a job for scientists, engineers, bureaucrats, and administrators and more a job for novelists, moviemakers, popularizers, and politicians. Newt Gingrich administratorbureaucratengineer share on social