See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
I shouted, and earned a hard thump on my head for my trouble.
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.