Caroline Leavitt Quotes

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

I think the only reason I've had the career life that I've had is that someone told me some secrets early on about living. You can do the very best you can when you're very, very relaxed, no matter what it is or what your job is, the more relaxed you are the better you are. That's sort of why I got into acting. I realized the more fun I had, the better I did it. And I thought, that's a job I could be proud of. It's changed my life learning that, and it's made me better at what I do.

I hope you're as lucky as I am. The world needs inventors--great ones. You can be one. If you love what you do and are willing to do what it really takes, it's within your reach. And it'll be worth every minute you spend alone at night, thinking and thinking about what it is you want to design or build. It'll be worth it, I promise.

If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.

I've been lucky. I've made films that I really like. It's been a combination of what comes to me and what I choose. I've gone after lots of things that I didn't get, pet projects that everybody ends up chasing after. Really, you're lucky if you get anything.

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream.

But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.

I've got a nice car. I love my job. I've got a bagel store, and I have breakfast every morning with friends I grew up with. I've been in movies, I've written books - I don't know how that all happened.

I love to work. I absolutely love to work.

Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that.

I think I'm able to do so much because writing is what I love to do. So, often when I have free time, I choose to write and edit.

Becoming successful is a relentless pursuit. It's good that it's that way: When it does come, you learn to know how to appreciate it, and know how lucky you are to be doing something that you love so much.

When I write, I make decent money doing it, but I don't wake up dreaming about writing.

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

I'm an ensemble guy, I guess - that comes from the theater. If I ever won some kind of award someday, I imagine I'd try to be very gracious, but in the end, I just want to keep working. I don't see why that, if you just put your mind to it and keep sowing the right seeds, you can't keep doing the things you want to do.

I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.

I have one message for young musicians around the world: Stay true to your heart, believe in yourself, and work hard.

It's easy to get discouraged; just keep writing because you love to do it, and you'll keep improving.

Anything that is worth struggling for is worth singing for.

My entire career proves to me that if you believe in what you're doing, you will reap the benefits.

Passion means finding a way.