“The only thing wrong with trying to please everyone is that there's always at least one person who will remain unhappy. You.”

“If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.”

“There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.”

“And the person who says that the only way to please them is to restrict options for others is, if you ask me, the one who deserves it least. And that’s my opinion, expressed as politely as possible.”

“You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.”

“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.”