Write the best book you possibly can, then dedicate yourself to getting people to read it.

Before you make the key, study the lock.

You can't be both happy and ambitious.

Of course, Jack Kilborn is better than both of us combined and mixed with a side helping of the Bronte sisters.

Some people are born with a fire inside them. The will to succeed. It isn’t a learned behavior. It’s just some unknown biological factor that makes them try harder.

Sorry to hear about your Dad." He shrugged. "He was seventy, and we always told him fast food would kill him." "Heart attack?" "He was hit by a Pizza Express truck.

Write the best book you possibly can, then dedicate yourself to getting people to read it.