The best revenge on a liar is to convince him that you believe what he said.
No author should be considered as having failed until he starts teaching others about writing.
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope to, some day, find something to say.
You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious: charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed. It takes mastery to control silence.
Decline starts with the replacement of dreams with memories and ends with the replacement of memories with other memories.