Good Writers Borrow From Other Writers. Great

It's Populated By People Who, By And Large, Have Terrific Communication Skills. Every Day Is An Extraordinary Day. For Me, It Was Just A Great Area For Storytelling.

I Don't Want To Analyze Myself Or Anything, But I Think, In Fact I Know This To Be True, That I Enter The World Through What I Write. I Grew Up Believing, And Continue To Believe, That I Am A Screw-up, That Growing Up With My Family And Friends, I Had Nothing To Offer In Any Conversation. But When I Started Writing, Suddenly There Was Something That I Brought To The Party That Was At A High-enough Level.

I'm Terribly Afraid Of Failure. When Your Identity Is Wrapped Up In Writing And You've Written Something That Doesn't Work, It's A Tough Pill To Swallow.

A Hero Would Die For His Country, But He'd Much Rather Live For It.

Decisions Are Made By Those Who Show Up. Don't Ever Forget That You're A Citizen Of This World.