Quotes about "Time & Aging"

Sometimes, you have tough times when you don't score goals, but the most important thing is to keep working hard. ”

When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master's program and studied American literature. ”

The trouble with calling a book a novel, well, it's not like I'm writing the same book all the time, but there is a continuity of my interests, so when I start writing a book, if I call it 'a novel,' it separates it from other books. ”

You are always working on your worst book and your best book at the same time. The praise does not make you write better, and it shouldn't make you write worse, either. ”

I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved. ”

All the exhausting aspects of my job are made worthwhile because I get to experience so many different cultures. It makes you really appreciate the memories. ”

Whenever I feel I am going through my own 'little' challenging moment, I just think about my mom. ”

I was working part-time as a cleaner while I was going to college and then babysitting after school. ”

I had jobs from the age of 14, when I arrived in London as a refugee. Aged 17, I'd get up at 4 A.M. to work as a cleaner before school. It wasn't pleasant. ”

Even the pallid daughters of Albion forget for a moment their Pre-Raphaelite poses by burying themselves in the sonorous sortilege of the Antilles. ”