Quotes by Challenges There's always a silver lining to every cloud and everything has to happen for a reason and if everything's really challenging, then you can make it into a positive. Joss Stone silverchallengesclouds The vehemence with which certain critics have chosen not simply to criticize what I've written, but to challenge my writing this story at all, speaks of what the book is about: fear of disapproval. Joyce Maynard challengeswritingbook In an intellectual revolution there must be ideas and advocates willing to challenge an entire profession, the establishment itself, willing to spend their reputations and careers in spreading the idea through deeds as well as words. Jude Wanniski careerschallengesideas It turns out that human beings are hard-wired to have conversations impact them in such profound and significant ways that it can actually turn genes on and off. That's a core, fascinating challenge for all of us and insight. Judith E. Glaser significantchallengesprofound I do listen to music. Movie scores, exclusively, because it's all about mood and nonspecificity. I love the way modern movie scoring is all about nonspecificity. You know, if I shuffled the tracks from 'Inception,' I challenge you to tell me which is which. Joss Whedon trackchallengesway The challenge is to resist circumstances. Any idiot can be happy in a happy place, but moral courage is required to be happy in a hellhole. Joyce Carol Oates idiotmoralchallenges The need for challenge, the need to burst through the constrictions of tasks and situations already seen and mastered, can affect anyone, even those enjoying the greatest gains from success. Judith M Bardwick gainstaskschallenges It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance, and in the book as a whole. Joyce Carol Oates finalschallengesbook We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it. Joyce Carol Oates emotionalchallengesworld What I do like is hiking. And that's what filmmaking is. It's a hike. It's challenging and exhausting, and you don't know what the terrain is going to be or necessarily even which direction you're going in... but it sure is beautiful. Joss Whedon hikingchallengesbeautiful When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship. Judy Blume challengeswritingbook I write in longhand and assemble lots of notes, and then I try to collate them into a coherent chronology. It's like groping along in the dark. I like writing and find it challenging, but I don't find it easy. Joyce Carol Oates challengesdarkwriting It's really exciting and also it makes me nervous, because I'm like, "Well, I figured out how to perform this episode, but what if I'm not as good at what they write for next episode?" But that's part of the challenge, and that's what, I hope, ultimately makes me a better actor. Judy Greer what-ifchallengeswriting The challenge of manners is not so much to be nice to someone whose favor and/or person you covet (although more people need to be reminded of that necessity than one would suppose) as to be exposed to the bad manners of others without imitating them. Judith Martin nicechallengespeople Though I am never exactly "blocked" I do have difficult periods. I am led by a fascination with material - the challenge of presenting it in an original and engaging way. I have no problem imagining stories, characters, distinctive settings & themes - but the difficulty is choosing a voice & a language in which to present it. Joyce Carol Oates voicechallengescharacter When you do the kind of work I do, everything is challenging, but probably the most challenging thing is getting up in the morning and getting on with it because it's so easy to stay in bed and not get on with it. Jules Feiffer kindchallengesmorning If you are facing a new challenge or being asked to do something that you have never done before don’t be afraid to step out. You have more capability than you think you do but you will never see it unless you place a demand on yourself for more. Joyce Meyer challengesfearthinking There is tremendous inequity in Hollywood and politics, and I would say globally it's challenging to be a woman and succeed. Julia Louis-Dreyfus succeedhollywoodchallenges I never go about a new project as if I'm trying ot redefine myself. I just like to work, and I'm excited by material I find challenging and - if it's a comedy - exceptionally funny. Julia Louis-Dreyfus comedychallengestrying Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges. Julia Cameron successfulselfchallenges«101102103104105106107108109110111»
