Gloria Steinem Quotes

I feel a passion for what we're trying to do.I mean, why does somebody who's old who's a writer keep writing? Because that's who they are.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

I just want to make something that I love and people will respect.

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it.

I guess just enjoying what you do and always wanting more of that enjoyment, satisfaction, and putting something together creatively - that gives me a lot of happiness.

If I'm not writing, I'm not fully living. It has become the essential element that defines who I am.

At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don't write.

Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reason…Oh dare to do it Buddy! Trust your heart. You’re a deserving craftsman. It would never betray you. Good night. I’m feeling very much over-excited now, and a little dramatic, but I think I’d give almost anything on earth to see you writing a something, an anything, a poem, a tree, that was really and truly after your own heart.

I always felt there was some kind of nobility centered in my desire and passion for what I do.

I hated modeling. I was so scared. But as soon as I started doing jewelry, I did better as a model.

I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them, I'm not really a goal orientated, achiever type of person.

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

Any accolades that anybody puts toward this band really makes me feel good, because I have devoted such a big part of my life to this band, making it what I want it to be.

You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.

Writing is the most important thing in my life - above marriage.

I enjoy every role I do.

You create content because you love it, not necessarily because you're looking for fame or know what it will potentially lead to.

I love what I do. I want to continue winning medals.

I get to play what I dreamed about since I was a kid. So, on that end, I love it. But I also take pride in it.

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.

I love writing, it's the center of my life. If you don't love what you do, you'd better find something else to love. Otherwise, you don't have a reason for living.

We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why? Because we really don't love what we are doing. If you loved to sing, or to paint, or to write poems, if you really loved it you would not be concerned with whether you are famous or not.

Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams.