Ralph Keyes

“Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.”

“...fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both sart out at the same time, but the fear travels faster and arrives sooner. If we just wait a moment, the requisite courage will be along shortly.”

“One of the most fundamental of human fears is that our existence will go unnoticed.”

“Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.”

“Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.”

“...wrote Lawrence Block. "Someone once told me that fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both start out at the same time, but the fear travels faster and arrives sooner. If we just wait a moment, the requisite courage will be along shortly." (quoted from Write for Your Live by Lawrence Block)”