You Have To Deal With

Anytime You See A Turtle Up On Top Of A Fence Post, You Know He Had Some Help.

Many A Young Person Tells Me He Wants To Be A Writer. I Always Encourage Such People, But I Also Explain That There's A Big Difference Between Being A Writer And Writing. In Most Cases These Individuals Are Dreaming Of Wealth And Fame, Not The Long Hours Alone At The Typewriter. You've Got To Want To Write, I Say To Them, Not Want To Be A Writer. The Reality Is That Writing Is A Lonely, Private And Poor-paying Affair. For Every Writer Kissed By Fortune, There Are Thousands More Whose Longing Is Never Requited. Even Those Who Succeed Often Know Long Periods Of Neglect And Poverty. I Did.

Indeed Optimists Rather Than Defeatists Have Produced The Results For Which Serious Genealogical Research Is Best Known.

Most Of Us Prefer To Be As Quiet As Possible About Giving, Because Every Time It's Publicized That We Do Something, If It's Something Of The Nature Of Giving, We'll Be Doubly Besieged, And You Really Get Sick Of Being Always Criticized No Matter What You Do.

Never Completely Encircle Your Enemy. Leave Him Some Escape, For He Will Fight Even More Desperately If Trapped.