All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. Jared Diamond
I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.orson welles
If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask? Graham Greene
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.Napoleon Bonaparte
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.Thomas Alva Edison
Write with abandon and no constraints for first draft. Cut brutally and save in separate files on second draft. Add conflict; don't be afraid to make your characters suffer. Read what you love. Write what you love. Love. Francesca Lia Block