“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.” – Octavia E. Butler
“Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.” – Christopher Reeve
“Finish your novel, because you learn more that way than any other.” – James Scott Bell
“Every exceptional writer holds a Master of Arts in Daydreaming.” – Richelle E. Goodrich
“Success rests in having the courage and endurance and, above all, the will to become the person you are, however peculiar that may be.” – George Sheehan
“Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.” – Irwin Shaw
“Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don’t so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head.” – Joe Henderson
“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.” – James Thurber
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” – Yogi Berra
