Fritz was melancholic by nature, and could tolerate his own gloom. I do not think this is so with you, who are sanguine and impatient. In your case, remorse and despondency could be crippling.

We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.

Some people are oil and water.

His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold.

The chief significance of life is to find your soul.

Don’t make miracle your focus

Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.

It's easier to apologize afterwards than getting something allowed in the first place.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.

Am I really a good mathematician?

If you want to, you can share my teaching refrain: I can't want you to succeed more than you do.

Writing is basically a job for people who like punching themselves in the face, I’m pretty sure.