"No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds."

"A great thing can only be done by a great person and they do it without effort."

"Doing is the great thing, for if people resolutely do what is right, they come in time to like doing it."

"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."

"I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback."

"Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name."

"The spark of ambition becomes a blaze of accomplishment only through disciplined persistence. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"When ambition meets humility, we find that shadows are only cast by the presence of light."