There is probably an innate masochism in a lot of women that ends up disappointed if men don't ill-treat them.
There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.
Ambition will, and should, always outstrip achievement.
I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next.
Never defend yourself; agree with your critics, it takes the wind out of their sails.
Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.