Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.

I did not seek greatness. I only sought to fulfill my duties.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.

Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day; it helps. Then, when it gets finished, you are always surprised.

If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

I kept always two books in my pocket: one to read, one to write in.

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

Read, read, read. Never stop reading. And when you can't read anymore… write.