The essential support and encouragement comes from within, arising out of the mad notion that your society needs to know what only you can tell it. – John Updike
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence? – Jules Feiffer