As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged down in it.

Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.

More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.

You should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.

History is littered with dead good men

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.