Things start out as hopes and end up as habits.
I don't think many writers like their best-known piece of work, particularly when it was written a long time ago.
I'm good at embroidery. It's what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.
Guilt is often an excuse for not thinking.
Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
Advances are made by those with at least a touch of irrational confidence in what they can do.