“If you do the things you need to do when you need to do them, then someday you can do the things you want do when you want to do them.”

“The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.”

“If you want to. That’s the important thing. For you to do what you want to do. Not what you think anyone else wants or expects you to do.”

“When you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.”

“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”

“Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.”

“Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”

“There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want to do it—it isn't right. If it's right and you don't want to do it—you don't know what right is and you're not a man.”

“What do you think God gave you more wealth than is requisite to satisfy your rational wants for, when you look around and see how many are in absolute need of that which you do not need? Can you not take the hint?”

“Who does the novel belong to? I am writing about a different reality, so I need to shape it to fit my reality. You don’t want to do the same. You don’t want to do the done thing. To take a risk, you still need to be absolutely on the margins. I am doing what I want to do.”