Stifle Writers, Good Teacher, Flannery O'Connor

“Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” - Fiction-writer Flannery O'Connor

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 170.

What is Important, Meaningful Life, Accumulating Money, Fame, Service, Dalai Lama

"What is important is not so much how long you live as whether you live a meaningful life. This doesn’t mean accumulating money and fame, but being of service to your fellow human beings. It means helping others if you can, but even if you can’t do that, at least not harming them." - Dalai Lama, on Twitter.

Writing, Making Money, Getting Famous, Enriching the Lives, Stephen King

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Found in Goodreads at Stephen King quotes.

Saddest Aspect, Science Gathers Knowledge, Society, Wisdom, Isaac Asimov

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/16667.Isaac_Asimov.

What's Really Terrible, Second-Rate, Pretend, Doris Lessing

“What's really terrible is to pretend that second-rate is the first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do, or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.” - Doris Lessing

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 94.

Sustained Outrage, Unthinking Respect, Molly Ivins

“What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.” - Molly Ivins

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 50.

Know the Truth, Odd, Flannery O'Connor

“You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you odd.” - Flannery O'Connor

Found in Quotes for Nasty Women: Empowering Wisdom from Women Who Break the Rules, by Linda Picone, page 88.