If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of
it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won
a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know. Thomas Wolfe
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then
you must write it. Toni Morrison
When a thing has been said, and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy
it. Anatole France
Don't do what you can do -- try what you can't do. William Faulkner
Every young artist has to do it one way, his [or her] way, and the hell with
patterns. Remember who you are and where you are and what you are doing.... And
never take advice, including this. Katherine Anne Porter
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity. Chuck Jones
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. Douglas
Adams
The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.
Linus Pauling
If I can let one person feel better about his fetishes, then I feel I'm contributing
something. Sage Vivant
