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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Don't fear failure; fear the absence of trying.
Failure is not terrible; what's terrible is not daring to try.
Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is not daring to try.
Home is not where you are born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.
La única derrota es no haber intentado.
The novel is an act of rebellion against reality, an attempt to reshape the world according to one's desires.
I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't and then tries the short story which is the most demanding form after poetry. And failing at that, only then does he turn to the novel.