In the end, every man's life is but a tale told to him that's lived it, and to him alone.
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Are we being good ancestors?
Writing is a lifelong disease. Once contracted, the only prescription is to write constantly in whatever form to express your condition, in whatever construction to carry your words beyond you.
The most important legacy you will ever leave is your vision planted in the minds of your disciples and a passion as strong as a storm in their hearts.
Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.
Words contain the "souls" or minds of people in the past; as such, they tell the story of consciousness.
Greatness recognizes greatness, and is shadowed by it.
Shakespeare and his few peers invented all of us.
Since language is the only tool with which writers can reflect and shape a culture, it must be transformed into art. Language is not a limitation on the art of literature; it is a glorification. It has been the scaffolding inside which nations and philosophies have been built, and the language of literature has added the ornamental pediment by which the culture is remembered.
I would rather be known as someone who tried and failed, than someone who never tried at all.
Great writing is always rewriting or revisionism, and is founded on a reading that clears space for the self.
He wanted the show to be fresh to audiences 50 years down the line.
Don__ try to present your art by making other people read or hear or see or touch it; make them feel it. Wear your art like your heart on your sleeve and keep it alive by making people feel a little better. Feel a little lighter. Create art in order for yourself to become yourselfand let your very existence be your song, your poem, your story.Let your very identity be your book.Let the way people say your name sound like the sweetest melody.
The death of a man brings a stop to his life, but not an end to his destiny. When destiny is well fulfilled, impacts linger behind as at the time life goes to hide!
If the rowan's roots are shallow, it bears no crown.
Legacy is not what's left tomorrow when you're gone. It's what you give, create, impact and contribute today while you're here that then happens to live on.
Until you make a destiny defining decision, you can't move from where you are to the rightful place you should be.
Stop existing and start living!