When a writer becomes a reader of his or her own work, a lot can go wrong. It's like do-it-yourself dentistry.

The do-it-yourself version of pensions is a flop, as many Americans have painfully learned.

If you want a revenge, don't hold it. It poisons you.
Either you just let the grudge go, or make him chary.

I just have work to do; I just do it.

Do. Then talk. In that order.

Just like any one of us, they started with no road map or guarantee of success. But they went out and picked up the ball or the pen, the guitar or the kitchen knife, and took the first step. An then, the next.