I read constantly. If I don't have a good book, I'm beside myself.
Negative people present us with an accelereted personal growth opportunity.
None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher's desk, there are at least five or six that died on the way. And even with the ones I do finish, I think of all the ways they might have been better.