Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

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.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.