“Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don’t write at all.”

“Write all the time. I believe in writing every day, at least a thousand words a day. We have a strange idea about writing: that it can be done, and done well, without a great deal of effort. Dancers practice every day, musicians practice every day, even when they are at the peak of their careers – especially then. Somehow, we don’t take writing as seriously. But writing – writing wonderfully – takes just as much dedication.”

“Bad writing is better than no writing.”

“I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.”

“Some days are better than other daysA good day is getting 10 royalties and 10 great reviews”

“One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I’m going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I’ll have lost nothing—writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.”