Forget Inspiration. Habit Is More Dependable.

People Who Want To Write Either Do It Or They Don't. At Last I Began To Say That My Most Important Talent - Or Habit - Was Persistence. Without It, I Would Have Given Up Writing Long Before I Finished My First Novel. It's Amazing What We Can Do If We Simply Refuse To Give Up.

All Struggles Are Essentially Power Struggles. Who Will Rule? Who Will Lead? Who Will Define, Refine, Confine, Design? Who Will Dominate? All Struggles Are Essentially Power Struggles,and Most Are No More Intellectual Than Two Rams Knocking Their Heads Together.

Once You Grow Past Mommy And Daddy Coming Running When You're Hurt, You're Really On Your Own. You're Alone, And There's No One To Help You.

Ignorance Protects Itself, And Protected, Ignorance Grows.

On The Other Hand, I Was Very Much Interested In The Way People Behaved, The Human Dance, How They Seemed To Move Around Each Other. I Wanted To Play Around With That.