Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Know or listen to those who know.
Never complain and never explain.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.