Potboilers Quotes

“An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“A true artist is pleased the most by the sight of his or her work at work.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Hammett used to be irritated by that and would answer that nobody ever deliberately wrote a potboiler, you just did the best you could and woke up to find it good or no good.”
― Lillian Hellman, An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir

“Obstacles and adversities often reveal whether or not we are doing something only or mainly for money.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana