Only the educated are free.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
You never know what motivates you.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
If you think you can do it, you can.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.