“Luck is something you make for yourself, if you want it.”

“Nothing makes you madder than wanting to defend yourself against something you can't even get hold of, something the human race is doing to you, but still there's nobody you can grab by the throat.”

“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”

“I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.”

“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.”

“Do you want to make a point or do you want to make a change? do you want to get something off your chest, or do you want to get something done?”

“You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.”

“To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself.”

“If you want sense, you'll have to make it yourself.”

“He knew that there was a difference between something that makes you happy and something that
doesn’t make you unhappy. The trick was convincing yourself these were one and the same.”