The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
EpictetusThe best way a mentor can prepare another leader is to expose him or her to other great people.
John C. MaxwellWrite what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.
Jerry SpinelliI think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
Laura WadeI can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.
Nell FreudenbergerOur most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
Nathaniel Hawthorne