We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
Quotes
And when I’m writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don’t necessarily end up in the book, or in the story I’m working on, because they’re simply my way of getting to know the characters.
Norton Juster
And when Im writing
What are any of us to do? Abandon the work or complete it, learn from the experience, cry, forgive ourselves, and move on… Now dry your eyes. There’s work to be done.
Eric Maisel
What are any of us
Like every beginner, I thought you could beat, pummel, and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity and dies.
Ray Bradbury
Like every beginner I thought
I love writing that is honest, clear, passionate. I love a book that takes me to a place of mind and heart that I did not know before I read it.
Katherine Paterson