Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your minds eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

One must be very wise to know how to be foolish sometimes.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

It is courage, courage, courage that raises the blood of life.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

You have to understand your own personal DNA.

Advice? I dont have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If youre writing, youre a writer. Write like youre a goddamn death row inmate and the governor is out of the country and theres no chance for a pardon. Write like youre clinging to the edge of a cliff, white knuckles, on your last breath, and youve got just one last thing to say, like youre a bird flying over us and you can see everything, and please, for Gods sake, tell us something that will save us from ourselves. Take a deep breath and tell us your deepest, darkest secret, so we can wipe our brow and know that were not alone. Write like you have a message from the king. Or dont. Who knows, maybe youre one of the lucky ones who doesnt have to.