"A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." — Richard BachTwo things are difficult about writing a novel. Starting and finishing. - Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom."Don't worry about what you're writing or whether it's good or even whether it makes sense." — Lauren Oliver"Start before you're ready." — Steven Pressfield"The first draft of anything is shit." — Ernest Hemingway"It is perfectly okay to write garbage — as long as you edit brilliantly." — C. J. Cherryh