“Using a fisherman's net with large holes will only catch big fish; letting the smaller ones escape unharmed. It is a lot like life: focusing only on one golden opportunity lets the smaller ones slip away unnoticed. However, starting small will catch larger opportunities over time.”

“I like honesty more than my ego does.”

“Writing can be a splendid headache. Fun when words spill forth like a raging river and a catastrophic, hair-pulling experience when they won't.”

“Before you can write a single sentence, you must first create an entire world to support it.”

“Time is the hole in filter of life. It is just large enough to allow the ones that don’t fit in to fall through, but small enough to catch the ones that belong to remain”

“Only the smaller fish pay for the goverment's face-lift. The big ones - they just become bigger and fatter.”

“There is no harm in asking, only in letting an opportunity slip by without trying.”