The Awakening An Artist Must Be Ruthless,

Our Greatest Battle Is To Become Ourselves, In The Face Of Adversity.

He Who Whets His Steel, Whets His Courage

Slay That Dragon Once, And He Will Never Have Power Over You Again.

A Contemporary Or Near-future Book Is Much Harder Because You Can't Fake The Facts. There Are People Alive Who Know Much More Than You Do About The Subject. You Have To Really Have Your Research Together - And Of Course No One Can Know Everything About A Topic.

The Best And Only Thing That One Artist Can Do For Another Is To Serve As An Example And An Inspiration.