“You can not choose your calling. Your calling chooses you.”

“You must never call your enemy by a name you choose for him." “Instead you must call him by the name he calls himself. What he chooses will reflect his pride; it will reveal his desires. But what you choose to call him will reveal your fears, which should be kept to yourself, lest your enemy find the way to exploit them.”

“..you may not be able to choose your family or origin but you can choose your family of creation.”

“You can't choose your problems. But, you can choose how you handle them.”

“You have to choose your battles. The key is choosing the ones you know you can win.”

“Inspiration comes when you stick your elbows on the table, your bottom on the chair and you start sweating. Choose a theme, an idea, and squeeze your brain until it hurts. That's called inspiration.”