“In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a l...” — Douglas Fairbanks Quote

In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure.

We all have ambitions, but only the few achieve. A man thinks of a good thing and says: 'Now if I only had the money I'd put that through.' The word 'if' was a dent in his courage. With character fully established, his plan well thought out, he had only to go to those in command of capital and it would have been forthcoming.

The man who puts life into an idea is acclaimed a genius, because he does the right thing at the right time. Therein lies the difference between the genius and a commonplace man.

The man who is gloomy, taciturn and lives in a world of doubt seldom achieves more than a bare living. There have been a few who have groaned their way through to a competence, but in proportion to that overwhelming number of souls who carry cheer through life, they are as nothing - mere drops in the bucket.

I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

Corrections are good, they keep us all humble.

Color correction is one of my things.

All the science fiction I loved as a kid was holding up a mirror to society and warning us about the need for course correction.