The thing that makes writing so difficult is you don't have the element of serendipity. At least with a photograph, you can set up the camera, and something might happen. You might be a lousy photographer, but you can get a good picture if you just take enough of them. Sally Mann cameradifficultelement share on social
The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. Lorraine Hansberry exceptionalinevitablylonely Change image and share on social
The thing that means the most to me is being remembered as a Yankee, because that's what I've always wanted to be, was to be a Yankee. Derek Jeter havemeanremember Change image and share on social
The thing that most attracts me to historical fiction is taking the factual record as far as it is known, using that as scaffolding, and then letting imagination build the structure that fills in those things we can never find out for sure. Geraldine Brooks attractbuildfactual share on social
The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous storytelling voice is, in fact, a standard Southern storytelling voice that is typical of the Gulf Coast - Mississippi, Alabama and so on. Gregory Benford alabamacoastcritic share on social
The thing that most interests me about writing - there are lots of things, but the thing I can't do without - is the hit of happiness a lovely sentence delivers. Elizabeth McCracken deliverhappinesshit Change image and share on social
The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated. Jeff Bezos commoncounteasy Change image and share on social
The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,' don't correlate very well with who's actually good at making predictions. Nate Silver associateauthoritativenesscapital Change image and share on social
The thing that people seem to miss about not just Google, but also our competitors, Yahoo, eBay and so forth, is that there's an awful lot of communities that have never been served by traditional media. Eric Schmidt awfulcommunitycompetitor share on social
The thing that probably trips me up the most are people getting tattoos of stuff that I've designed in my books. That always spins me out in a weird way. It seems like such a permanent commitment to something I've done. I don't know that I could do that for anyone else. Jonathan Hickman bookcommitmentdesign share on social
