If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.

It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.

Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]

The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.

Money is a powerful aphrodisiac but flowers work almost as well.