The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

Life is too short to waste time on things that have no lasting meaning or value.

Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.