if you ever doubt your writing, be it your themes, or the reason behind it, remember that h.g wells wrote war of the worlds both as a commentary on colonialism and the horrors it brings, and because he fucking hated his neighbours and his 13 hour job, and wanted to write about the town in which he lived getting blasted to the fucking ground by lasers into an irreparable heap and all of the townspeople dying painfullyĀ
you, too, can channel your hatred for that guy that lives down the hall and blasts music at 4am into the one of the most influential science fiction stories ever written! fuck it! i believe in you!! Ā
This is Portroe Quarry in Tipperary, Ireland. Itās now flooded but itās a popular location for scuba divers with depths to the region of 40 meters available
At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job.Ā
At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer.Ā
At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. Ā
At age 28, J.K. Rowling was a suicidal single parent living on welfare.
At age 28, Wayne Coyne ( from The Flaming Lips) was a fry cook.
At age 30, Harrison Ford was a carpenter.Ā
At age 30, Martha Stewart was a stockbroker.Ā
At age 37, Ang Lee was a stay-at-home-dad working odd jobs.
Julia Child released her first cookbook at age 39, and got her own cooking show at age 51.
Vera Wang failed to make the Olympic figure skating team, didnāt get the Editor-in-Chief position at Vogue, and designed her first dress at age 40.
Stan Lee didnāt release his first big comic book until he was 40.
Alan Rickman gave up his graphic design career to pursue acting at age 42.
Samuel L. Jackson didnāt get his first movie role until he was 46.
Morgan Freeman landed his first movie role at age 52.
Kathryn Bigelow only reached international success when she made The Hurt Locker at age 57.
Grandma Moses didnāt begin her painting career until age 76.
Louise Bourgeois didnāt become a famous artist until she was 78.
Whatever your dream is, it is not too late to achieve it. You arenāt a failure because you havenāt found fame and fortune by the age of 21. Hell, itās okay if you donāt even know what your dream is yet. Even if youāre flipping burgers, waiting tables or answering phones today, you never know where youāll end up tomorrow.
Never tell yourself youāre too old to make it.Ā
Never tell yourself you missed your chance.Ā
Never tell yourself that you arenāt good enough.Ā
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Research from Ohio State University published in 2013 has found thatĀ not only are scientific articles written by men thought to be higher quality than those written by women, but also that people are more interested in collaborating with male scientists than female ones. The bias is real and is alive as ever. (More Here)
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