Paul Graham:

If something that seems like work to other people doesn't seem like work to you, that's something you're well suited for.

Rustin Cohle:

I can't say the job made me this way. More like me being this way made me right for the job. I used to think about it more, but you reach a certain age you know who you are.

Werner Herzog:

Send out all your dogs and one might return with prey.

Get used to the bear behind you.

Michael Moorcock:

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

Robin Sloan:

I wear my own skin and it fights me every day.

Christopher Orr:

Abel resists, insisting on doing things the "right" way. The only thing he values more than his success is his integrity.

Alice Walker:

Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.