One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I'll have lost nothing-writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.
Lawrence BlockOur happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.
Lawrence BlockThe short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one.
Lawrence Block