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Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

Lack of encouragement never deterred me. I was the kind of person who would not be put down.

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder.

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.

I don't think I've ever tried to make something happen that I've absolutely had to force. You know how they say: if you can't avoid it, enjoy it. For me, it's the other way around: if I can't enjoy it, I avoid it.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

If people don't think I can fall into what the norm is, that's their problem and not mine. I'm not the norm; I'm not deluded.

As a writer, I'm limitless.

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.