"Write without pay until somebody offers to..." - Quote by Mark Twain

“Start it at no particular time of your life; wander at your free will all over your life; talk only about the thing which interests you for the moment; drop it the moment its interest threatens to pale.”

“To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich.”

“what is joy without sorrow? what is success without failure? what is a win without a loss? what is health without illness? you have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. there is always going to be suffering. it’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.”

“The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.”

“When you catch an adjective, kill it - perhaps the best possible advice for budding writers.”

“His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language.”

“Right now you can make a decision, ... If you truly decided to, you can do almost anything. So if you don't liike the current relationship you're in, make the decision now to change it. If you don't like your current job, change it.”

“Persons, especially salaried people who schedule their spare time, to provide for home study (or attend specialized short courses, seminars or training) seldom remain at the bottom very long. Their action opens the way for the upward climb, removes many obstacles from their path, and gains the friendly interest of those who have the power to put them in the way of opportunity”

“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.”