• "You will write if you will write without thinking about the result in terms of the result, but think of the writing in terms of discovery, which is to say that creation must take place between the pen and the paper, not before in a thought or afterwards in a recasting. It will come if it is there and if you will let it come." -Gertrude Stein
• "All good writing is swimming underwater and holding your breath." -F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.” -Graham Greene
• “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” - Hemingway
• quotes:
• "The most important thing is to be well read. That means strongly, knowledgeably connected with contemporary literature, as well as respectful and aware of the tradition. Any writer of merit is a passionate, engaged and discriminating reader. I also think most writers suffer from over-enthusiasm: running before they can walk. Writing is a long-haul journey. Take your time, develop and hone your craft, make those important mistakes in private before you start sending out. There's no hurry." - Kathryn Gray
• "Never give up. Even the most well known authors have gotten rejection letters. Rejection letters should just make you more determined. Read a lot of literary fiction. Learn the craft before submitting. Rewrite, rewrite, and rewrite again." - Regina Williams
• "Read, read, read everything you can get your hands on. However, don't be afraid. Take some damn chances and be audacious. It won't get written until you decide to cast fear aside and pull that damn trigger. Let your imagination explode all over the page and cry over it, sweat over it, and pour everything you have into that first draft getting your story out and then, when it is all done--go back to it and revise." - Alexis Enrico Santi

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• "write characters that are flawed, real and human, that people can find a piece of themselves in. that they can sink their teeth and being into. that they can lose their hearts to. And when you have your readers, hook, line, and sinker, make them see a world beyond their own. make them feel a thousand emotions. make them bleed." -unknown