“All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.”

“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”

“In recovery, it's all about putting one foot in front of the other. As a writer, it's all about putting one word next to another on a page. ”

“The hard part is putting one word after another.”

“A successful writer is not a millionaire or best seller. A successful writer is one that has touched another human being with their words. When you do that you have something better than money and fame. You have given another human being something honest." - James Mason”

“If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer. However, you should be conscious of exactly how you are imitating him - word choice, sentence structure, motifs? - and think about why you're doing it.”