“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”

“Act as if it were impossible to fail.”

“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail.”

“Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.”

“I thought guys were complicated. Maybe they are. But maybe they're easy and it's really me who's complicated.”

“Most of the methods of training the conscious side of the writer-the craftsman and the critic in him- are actually hostile to the good of the artist's side; and the converse of this proposition is likewise true. But it is possible to train both sides of the character to work in harmony, and the first step in that education is to consider that you must teach yourself not as though you were one person, but two.”

“I'm sorry, but I have this fear that someday you're goingtowake up a dried-out, bitter old hag with plenty of science awardsbut no personal life whatsoever. And you'll sit there at night andsob abouthow you've wasted your life.”