After a storm comes a calm.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
It's always too early to quit.
I can, therefore I am.
Well done is better than well said.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
You never know what motivates you.
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.