It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life. Andre Gide
Writing requires a constant pursuit, if not embrace, of the unfamiliar, the foreign, the uncomfortable—and creativity often begins only once we leave our comfort zones. David Corbett
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style
I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation. Richard Powers