"Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper." ~John Updike
"Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for." ~Ray Bradbury
“Ability is a poor man’s wealth.” ~John Wooden
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” ~Jimmy Valvano