In The Early Years, You

You Have To Make Sure You Have The Characters You Want. That's Really The Most Complicated Part.

I'm Totally In Control Of This Tiny, Tiny World Right There At The Typewriter.

To Free Us From The Expectations Of Others, To Give Us Back To Ourselves - There Lies The Great, Singular Power Of Self-respect.

Any Compulsion Tries To Justify Itself.

What's So Hard About That First Sentence Is That You're Stuck With It. Everything Else Is Going To Flow Out Of That Sentence. And By The Time You've Laid Down The First Two Sentences, Your Options Are All Gone.