The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female.