“Audiences know what to expect, and that is all that they are prepared to believe in.”
“We are never prepared for what we expect.”
“Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.”
“...in autobiography, as in all literature, what actually happened is less important than what the author can manage to persuade his audience to believe”
“This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.”
“All those who love know exactly the limit they're prepared to go to. They know exactly what is required.”