“We do not do this thing because it is permitted. We do it because we have to. We do it because we are compelled.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.”
“Why do we writers write? Is it because we have something to say, or is it because we just do? I write because I can, because I just do, and because I am a writer, and so I write.”
“Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do because it's the right choice. But occasionally we have to put ourselves first.”
“We are not good because of the good we do but we are good and so we do good.”