Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much. – Eugene Delacroix
People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, — that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it. – John Jay Chapman
Sometimes youre not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things Ive written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback. – Len Wein
I may be justifying my pockets of chaos, but I will always choose people over perfection and the heart over task and tidy. – Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com (2009 tweet, @wildthyme)