J. K. Rowling on inspiration

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.

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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

Carl Sagan1934–1996Cosmos (1980), p. 4

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894

• Fear

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Pablo Picasso1881–1973

• Work