Over the years, I've found one rule. It is the only one I give on those occasions when I talk about writing. A simple rule. If you tell yourself you are going to be at your desk tomorrow, you are by that declaration asking your unconscious to prepare the material. You are, in effect, contracting to pick up such valuables at a given time. Count on me, you are saying to a few forces below: I will be there to write.
Norman MailerPeople who are greedy have extraordinary capacities for waste-they must, they take in too much.
Norman MailerWhen a novel comes, it's a grace. Something in the cosmos has forgiven you long enough so that you can start.
Norman Mailer