If you think you can do it, you can.
Know or listen to those who know.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
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.