If you don't like someone's story, write your own. Chinua Achebe
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. Ray Bradbury
let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences Sylvia Plath
Fear cuts deeper than swords. George R.R. Martin
Beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood. William Shakespeare
The question is not what you look at, but what you see. Henry David Thoreau
Ask counsel of him who rules himself well. Leonardo da Vinci
I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me. S.E. Hinton
Art is marks on canvas trying to find a place to live. Bill O'Leary
Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it. Patricia Cornwell
Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest. Herman Hesse