We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate.
It is because I had so much joy that I came to have so much hate.
I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.
I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.
You have to be your own person. You can't let people's opinions determine how you think about yourself. There's a difference between identity and self-identity.
When my daughter looks at me, she sees a small old lady. That is because she sees only with her outside eyes. She has no chuming, no inside knowing of things. If she had chuming she would see a tiger lady. And she would have careful fear.