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Rejection isn't a sign of failure. Rejection is a reminder that there's always room for improvement. ↗

So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter what’s been taken from us or what poison we’ve internalized or how hard we’ve had to work to expel it – – we all get to dream. ↗

— N.K. Jemisin

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It has been often said that writing is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. In my experience, this is true. But, in my opinion, it is useless without that 1 percent. It's like an engine without fuel -- can't get anywhere without it. Or like a lighthouse without a light on top -- doesn't guide anyone in to home or safe harbor. ↗

— Robert Fanney

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Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice. ↗

— Phil Cousineau

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A critic is a legless man who teaches other people to run ↗

— Channing Pollock

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Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task - that is why he keeps on trying. ↗

— David Beaty

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Fill your papers with the breathings of your heart. ↗

— William Wadsworth

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If I’m writing, at least I don’t feel as paralyzed. ↗

— Laura Goode

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I am writing neither for prestige nor wealth. I am writing purely out of enjoyment and the desire to tell a story. ↗

— Konah Fawkes

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There’s nothing worse than being violently jerked away from creativity. ↗