When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you … never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. --Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." John Steinbeck
Writing a novel is like building a wall brick by brick; only amateurs believe in inspiration. Frank Yerby
I start to write without having completed the research, because once you start writing, it opens up a lot of other questions that you need to do research on, and I feel like my research process is never complete. Tracy Chevalier
Always carry a notebook ... The short term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea forever. Will Self
