One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.
Michael KordaThe advice I would offer to any writer is that even when you think you have revised your book to the point where you cannot look at it again, it is time to sit down and revise it some more.
Michael KordaThe freedom to fail is vital if you're going to succeed. Most successful people fail from time to time, and it is a measure of their strength that failure merely propels them into some new attempt at success.
Michael Korda