When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
“If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.”
“Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”