Ted Myers > Ted's Quotes

“Our receptivity to praise stands in no relationship to our vulnerability to mean disdain and spiteful abuse. No matter how stupid such abuse is, no matter how plainly impelled by private rancors, as an expression of hostility it occupies us far more deeply and lastingly than praise. Which is very foolish, since enemies are, of course, the necessary concomitant of any robust life, the very proof of its strength.”
― Thomas Mann

“Listen very carefully to the first criticisms of your work. Note just what it is about your work that the reviewers don’t like; it may be the only thing in your work that is original and worthwhile.”
― Jean Cocteau

“... I'd rather be sorry for something I've done
Than for something that I didn't do.”
― Kris Kristopherson

“There are no bad animals. Animals do what they do for survival with no malice. Human beings, on the other hand...
-- Ted Myers”
― Ted Myers

“There are no bad animals. Animals do what they do for survival with no malice. Human beings, on the other hand...”
― Ted Myers