“I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.”
“When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. ”
“I'm a good person but a shitty writer. You're a shitty person but a good writer. We'd make a good team.”
“I'm a struggling writer, I'm struggling to convince people I'm a writer.”
“I'm not an aspiring writer; I'm a writer aspiring to be read.”
“Very few writers thank their mothers for keen editorial insight; I'm happy to be the exception.”