I gave up the idea of having a career when I was 24. Sounds glamorous, but I've been doing things since then, and part of those adventures was to make films because I realised I was actually quite good at it and I enjoyed it. Shekhar Kapur adventurecareerenjoy share on social
I gave up the notion of writing the life of Joan of Arc, as I found that there was absolutely no new material to be gleaned on her history - in fact, she had been thrashed out. Sabine Baring-Gould absolutelyarcfact Change image and share on social
I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies. Leslie Fiedler blurbenemyfriend Change image and share on social
I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain. A. A. Milne bookchildescape Change image and share on social
I gave up writing for seven years (very biblical) and picked it up again, still clueless and still seeking the exotic, when I was twenty-one. David Bergen biblicalcluelessexotic Change image and share on social
I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase. Barbara Corcoran agobalancechase Change image and share on social
I general don't color my stuff - I'm pretty horrible with color. Usually, I'll get one of my cartoonist friends to help me out. Gene Luen Yang cartoonistcolorfriend Change image and share on social
I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. Mae West avoidgenerallyresist Change image and share on social
I generally blog between 5:30 A.M. and 7 A.M. I will from time to time add something during the day, but for the most part blogging is an early morning activity for me. Fred Wilson activityaddblog Change image and share on social
I generally circuit train and do Pilates. Emmanuelle Chriqui circuitgenerallypilate Change image and share on social