To destroy is always the first step in any creation. — e e cummings. American poet and author (1894–1962)
The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead.
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.