There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.

Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth... But amusing? Never.

What happens when the future has come and gone?

No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.