Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of its power. – Seneca
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. – George F. Will, The Leveling Wind
But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, its all there, at least the basic elements of it. You cant change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. – Stephen King
