I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times youre just afraid to put yourself out there, and its uncomfortable because its working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. – Carol Leifer
Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top. – Joseph Smith, Jr.
Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. – Lord Byron
I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed – no, I didnt fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didnt try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays. – Nathan Fillion
