I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do the draughts are open and my chimney draws and I am happy.
John BurroughsHe was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
Jonathan SwiftFlattery is a kind of bad money to which our vanity gives us currency.
Francois de La RochefoucauldI don't want to fail the audience. I don't want to let them down.
Henry RollinsQuality is decided by the depth at which the work incorporates the alternatives within itself and so masters them.
Theodor W. AdornoAnd the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.
J. K. RowlingI want to be an honest man and a good writer.
James Arthur BaldwinMan seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues, capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.
Gilbert K. Chesterton