"The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst by novelists who maintain that they could do much better if only the public would let them."

-- James M. Barrie

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“Start where you are, use what you have.”

Source : "7 Most Touching Moments from Michael Sam's ESPY Arthur Ashe Award Speech" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. July 17, 2014.
“Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.”
“I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, 'Wow, I'm really great-looking.'... I think I'm the greatest, anyway.”
“I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying). I therefore conclude that the meaning of life is the most urgent of questions.”
“How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!”
“To be an artist you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of time doing business as you spend doing your craft.”

Source : "The Survivors: Debbie Harry". GQ Interview, www.gq.com. November 4, 2011.
“My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.”
“To understand one's world, one must sometimes turn away from it! To serve better, one must briefly hold it at a distance. Where can the necessary solitude be found, the long breathing space in which mind gathers its strength and takes stock of its courage.”

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