The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
"A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers."
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.
In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity because if they don't have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you.