All struggle, all resistance is -- must be -- concrete. And all struggle has a global resonance. If not here, then there. If not now, then soon. Elsewhere as well as here.

The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.

There you go...let it all slide out. Unhappiness can't stick in a person's soul when it's slick with tears.

We shouldn't be fearful of failure because is not a monster as we think it is. It's just a training ground for those who are really striving for excellence in life.

Never create doubt in a person. Doubts have the habit of hanging around even if the original cause is over. Doubt never wants to be caught unawares again

Failure is just success rounded down, my friend!

Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Personal growth is about progress, not perfection.

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you have nothing else

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

You can't learn to write that way - by writing directly for the screen. Wait until you're 30. But in the meantime write 200 short stories. You've got to learn how to write!

Execution is the chariot of genius.