Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
It's always too early to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Only the educated are free.
Wherever you are - be all there.
You never know what motivates you.
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.