-- Douglas Adams
Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.
—Doris Lessing
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
—Anne Frank
f you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
—W. Somerset Maugham
Remember to recognize the small successes that you will have. Don't let the brightness of that big goal blind you to what happens on the way toward the goal. Meet one wave at a time and enjoy what progress you make.
—Lucille Ball
No one has ever written a romance novel better than we live it.
—Lauren Bacall
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
—Anton Chekhov
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
—E.L. Doctorow
Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.
—Mark Twain
Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.
—Jules Renard
It is by siting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer.
—Gerald Brenan
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