Business is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.
Don't worry about what you can't control.
Worry about the things you can control; the rest will either work themselves out, or they'll kill you. Either way, no more worries.
When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.
Just write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control.
Control the things you can control. As for the rest - God bless it all.
Invest your energy in the things you can control.
Control the things you can control .
I learned early on that there are certain things you can control in the press, and things you cannot.
Its impossible to control the reception of your work - the only thing you can control is the experience of writing itself, and the work you create.