“The acid test of a strength? The ability is a strength only if you can fathom yourself doing it repeatedly, happily, and successfully.”
“To dream anything that you want to dream. That's the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.”
“You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.”
“It's what you do to yourself when you go mad with rage. You have no idea how much you can hurt yourself with your own strength.”
“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.”
“It can take a lot of strength to show up and be yourself...don't you think?”