It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.
— J K Rowling, speaking at Harvard University
Words I need to hear regularly. (Via)
Holy crow, me too.
Not that it makes for riveting video, but I remember watching her speech and enjoying it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pucdJHjZaqs