Make sure you have your own mask on, before helping others with theirs.

Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.

Do the scary thing first, and get scared later.

Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel.

There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matter if you keep them secret.

Once more, this is love: it rings and you open up unless it looks like an ax murderer.

At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.