Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.
What would be the fun in doing things you know are going to work?
I do not threaten, I merely advise caution.
Leave no path untaken.
The problems with success, frankly, are infinitely preferable to the problems of failure.
You know what killed off the dinosaurs, Whateley? We did. In one barbecue.