The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
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.
My head rang like a gong.
This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you?re doing, or it comes out flat. You can?t fake your way through this.
If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities.
Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.