Do you want to do this thing? Sit down and do it. Are you not writing? Keep sitting there. Does it not feel right? Keep sitting there. Think of yourself as a monk walking the path to enlightenment. Think of yourself as a high school senior wanting to be a neurosurgeon. Is it possible? Yes. Is there some shortcut? Not one I've found. Writing is a miserable, awful business. Stay with it. It is better than anything in the world.
Ann PatchettIn this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant.
Ann PatchettNever be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.
Ann Patchett