For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you're reading.
In a total work, the failures have their not unimportant place.
A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.
True feeling justifies whatever it may cost.
Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!
No partner in a love relationship... should feel that he has to give up an essential part of himself to make it viable.