The resolve to diet is most easily summoned on a full stomach.

You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.

Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.

It's easier to be old than young. You make just as many blunders, but you've become much more adept at not recognizing them.

Success is less rare than the courage to attempt it.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

I'm tempted to say, 'Writing treatments is like designing a film by hiring six million monkeys to tear out pages of an encyclopedia, then you put the pages through a paper-shredder, randomly grab whatever intact lines are left, sing them in Italian to a Spanish deaf-mute, and then make story decisions with the guy via conference call.' But no... compared to writing treatments, that makes sense, too.