David Murray will be back on Monday from his adventures in the Middle Kingdom – or China, as it is better known – so this will be my last post. I've enjoyed contributing to David's blog, and I hope my submissions have been of some interest.

I'll leave you, fellow speechwriters, with a favorite quotation of mine, which I hope will inspire you as it always has me. It's from the playwright Maxwell Anderson: "If you practice an art, be proud of it an make it proud of you … It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right."

So let us hold up our heads.

Wishing you good words,
Hal Gordon