You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written at least part of it. You will never really know until you have written the whole of it and submitted it for publication.
Ngaio MarshWe do not wait for inspiration. We work because we've jolly well got to. But when all is said and done, we toil at this particular job because it's turned out to be our particular job, and in a weird sort of way I suppose we may be said to like it.
Ngaio MarshAbove all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied.
Ngaio Marshif you go through life looking for insults, you may be comfortably assured of finding them.
Ngaio Marsh