"Look at every mistake as an opportunity to learn and improve."

"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

"You can make anything by writing."

"Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth."

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."