Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."

For every time we regret keeping still, there are about ten times we regret speaking up.

We pick bygone time up by the handfuls and, like clay, see if it feels right and then form it into stories about the past.

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

Whether a character in your novel is full of choler, bile, phlegm, blood or plain old buffalo chips, the fire of life is in there, too, as long as that character lives.

Probably the most honest "self-made person" ever was the one we heard say: "I got to the top the hard way - fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way."

Too often we seek justice for just us.