“Often in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.”

“His kid brother had been smart enough to make something of himself in the big world; Ollie himself might have been smart enough to stay ahead of the bank loans and the credit cards, but not much more.”

“When you're all alone out there, on the end of the typewriter, with each new story a new appraisal by the world of whether you can still get it up or not, arrogance and self-esteem and deep breathing are all you have. It often looks like egomania. I assure you it's the bold coverup of the absolutely terrified.”

“Often it isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the little pebble in your shoe.”

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“If there is something one wants badly, one must often be bold.”