“Outcasts may grow up to be novelists and filmmakers and computer tycoons, but they will never be the athletic ruling class.”
“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things. Yet still, they began their journeys.”
“A filmmaker has almost the same freedom as a novelist has when he buys himself some paper.”
“Computers for the masses, not the classes.”
“it doesn't matter what the challenge is -athletics, business, romance, health, academics, the arts- the rule for getting up is the same. you just get up!”
“If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.”