Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win. — Harper Lee. American novelist (1926–2016)
I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.