A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.