Who said “All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our…”?

“Every failure is a step to success.”

“I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.”

“Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.”

“He who has never failed somewhere, that man can not be great.”

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”

“I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.”

“My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whisky.”

“... maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly all the time, is having to accept it.”

“If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the ''Ode on a Grecian Urn'' is worth any number of old ladies.”

“The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.”

“The artist is of no importance. Only what he creates is important, since there is nothing new to be said. Shakespeare, Balzac, Homer have all written about the same things, and if they had lived one thousand or two thousand years longer, the publishers wouldn't have needed anyone since.”