Brewster Ghiselin quotes

  • Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

  • Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.

  • It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again.

  • I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

  • I think along the way, as we treat nature as model and mentor, and not as a nuisance to be evaded or manipulated, we will certainly acquire much more reverence for life than we seem to be showing right now.

  • Gabby Giffords was a mentor of mine in the state Legislature and also in Congress.

  • I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I'm not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They're the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?

  • Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!

  • Getting a mentor is the shortcut to success.

  • A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.