“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”

“Be scared. You can't help that. But don't be afraid.”