I would love to just write and not have everything I say or do turn into a political battle. -- N. K. Jemisin

Some suggestions for you :

You have to make it happen.

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

I have fun with my clothes onstage; it's not a concert you're seeing, it's a fashion show.

The darkest night is ignorance.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.