Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
I can, therefore I am.
If you think you can do it, you can.
You never know what motivates you.
After a storm comes a calm.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female.