You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

I have this theory that anything that happens to you that leaves you alive and intact can be used somewhere in your writing.

Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina

Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable.

Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.