Gilbert Morris quotes

“Funny thing, every time an angel appeared to someone in the Bible, the first thing he'd say was, "Fear not."... I guess they were pretty spectacular.”
-- Gilbert Morris

Source : Gilbert Morris (2005). “The Angel of Bastogne”, p.30, B&H Publishing Group

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“Your success as a writer will probably not depend on how well you write so much as in how you handle rejections.”
-- Gilbert Morris

Source : Gilbert Morris (1994). “How to write (and sell) a Christian novel: proven and practical advice from a best-selling author”

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“If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.”

“One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, "My little computer said such a funny thing this morning".”

“It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.”

“What makes a good animated movie is being able to balance adult and knowing in-jokes and also just out and out funny things that make all people laugh. The idea that it's actually something that will appeal to a family, that's the trick.”

“The funny thing about these uniforms is that you hang them in the closet and they get smaller and smaller.”

“I'm sure that people who have been tweeting funny things have ended up on writing staffs of a late night show.”

“If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.”

“Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.”

“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes

“The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.”

Source : "The Dirt on Aaron Paul". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. July 12, 2012.