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Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.

Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity.

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.

As I see it, my job has always been to champion the work of the authors I publish.

Being an author is always like being a well-run dictatorship - it's all one person speaking.

Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.