The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
It's always too early to quit.
You never know what motivates you.
I can, therefore I am.
Leap, and the net will appear.
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.