If I see a door ajar, I push on it to see how far it will open, and if it opens wide I go through it.
Paul JohnsonThe writer learns to write, in the last resort, only by writing. He must get words onto paper even if he is dissatisfied with them. A young writer must cross many psychological barriers to acquire confidence in his capacity to produce good work-especially his first full-length book-and he cannot do this by staring at a piece of blank paper, searching for the perfect sentence.
Paul Johnson