“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

“We waste time searching for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”

“The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and the vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. Loving makes love. Loving makes itself. We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect love. Wouldn't that be the way to make love stay?”

“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect for them. A good writer won't waste their time arguing with the characters they create...It is almost always a waste of time and people tend to stare when you do!”

“I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.”

“The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect.The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.”