“[T]he one thing I want for you is to recognize when you are really singing in writing practice and honor that. Trust that. When you were screaming on the page. Maybe that doesn’t make a whole book but that is the true seed.” – Natalie Goldberg

“Don’t fight the trail. Take what it gives you. . . ”
– ultramarathon runner Caballo Blanco aka Micah True (died April 2012)
as quoted by Chris McDougall in BORN TO RUN

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. – Rainer Maria Rilke

“Shut up about ideal conditions. I am tired of hearing myself whine about needing a writing shed and, frankly, I’m tired of hearing you whine about it too.”
– Patti Digh in a blog article on Sheila Bender’s website at
http://writingitreal.com/2012/how-write-book-wee-rant

“Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” – Mark Twain

“Never underestimate the strength of a woman. Never mess with one who runs 13.1 miles just for fun.” – Judi Welsh

“Indecision may or may not be my problem.” – Jimmy Buffett

“When writing a novel, that’s pretty much entirely what life turns into. House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.” – ©Neil Gaiman

“If you want to write and can’t figure out how to do it, try this: Pick an amount of time to sit at your desk every day. Start with twenty minutes, say, and work up as quickly as possible to as much time as you can spare. Do you really want to write? Sit for two hours a day.” ~ Ann Patchett

“The world comes first; it’s older, tougher, more subtle and more magnificent that anything made from language. So when I go wandering from the desk, I’m not avoiding work, as it might appear; I’m stitching my work to the earth.” – Scott Russell Sanders