Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else, beyond imagination and skill, what the world asks of you is courage, courage to risk rejection, ridicule and failure. As you follow the quest for stories told with meaning and beauty, study thoughtfully but write boldly. Then, like the hero of the fable, your dance will dazzle the world.

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

There are lots of things we're able to do, but I'd like to land on the one thing I was MADE to do.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Uncertainty is where things happen. It is where the opportunities - for success, for happiness, for really living - are waiting.

I never use that word, retire.