A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed and a little mad.
Never quit, you have to resist to the utmost. 'Til you drop, like a Samurai
Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble.
The best way to get a move to work is to make it so uncomfortable that the opponent gives it to you to stop the pain.
There is no reward without sacrifice.
If you can not win, make the enemy pay a steep price for victory
Punch a black belt in the face, he becomes a brown belt. Punch him again, purple.
Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.
The more authentic you become, the more genuine in your expression, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts, the more people can relate to your expression and the safer it makes them feel to express themselves. That expression, in turn, feeds on the other person's spirit, and genuine creative empathy takes place, producing new insights and learnings and a sense of excitement and adventure that keeps the process going.
How he lies in his rights of a man! Death has done all death can. And absorbed in the new life he leads, He recks not, he heeds Nor his wrong nor my vengeance; both strike On his senses alike, And are lost in the solemn and strange Surprise of the change.
My yardstick is how somebody treats me.