Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Never complain and never explain.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Know or listen to those who know.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Who seeks shall find.
One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.
Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.