Writing Isn't Easy

"Books aren't written - they're rewritten, including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it." - Michael Crichton

"Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled wih words. If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world." - Tom Clancy

"Don't TELL me the moon is shining; SHOW me the glint of light on broken glass." - Anton Chekhov

"We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves and let the beautiful stuff out." - Ray Bradbury 

"You can't wait for inspiraion. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London

"We tell ourselves stories in order to live." Joan Didion