"I quit my job, and went ashore to become a writer."

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"It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

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"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."

Paul Simon, American Musician

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"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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"That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree."

John Bruton, Irish Politician

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Bill Klem, American Athlete

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"The longer the title, the less important the job."

George McGovern, American Politician

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"I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start."

John Engler, American Politician

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"The job of an editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world."

John Hall Wheelock, American Poet

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"When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job."

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"Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether."

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"I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is."

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"I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply."

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"You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one."

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"I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it."

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"Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty."

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"Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words."

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"It's the job that's never started takes longest to finish."

"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."

"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."

"Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do."

"That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree."

"Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player."

"The longer the title, the less important the job."

"I'm very pleased with the job President Bush is doing and he's off to a terrific start."

"The job of an editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world."

"When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job."

Explore more quotes by Theodore Sturgeon

"Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether."

"I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is."

"I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply."

"You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one."

"I find to my mixed astonishment that I do dream, but I didn't know it."

"Inner space is so much more interesting, because outer space is so empty."

"Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words."

"Writing is a communication."

"As far as I'm concerned, I didn't dream - ever."

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