It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.
“Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.”
“There's nothing like playing. You can coach and you can be around the game, but there is nothing like playing. It's just so much fun.”