Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing.
Bonnie FriedmanI spent the morning smashing fliesI killed one fly against the doorjamb. Another I stalked into the kitchen...A third fly wavered by the kitchen window. When I swatted, a wild ferocious swing, a whole trembling crowd shot from the window like pebbles from a blunderbuss, then settled back. My heart pounded. I felt flushed with disgust and irritation. Why must I always have such obstacles to my writing?
Bonnie FriedmanTo gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.
Bonnie Friedman