A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

Don't let fear stop you from chasing your dreams.

The best novels are those that manage to create autonomous worlds, worlds that function according to their own laws and logic.

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.