The way you write a novel is that for the first 83 drafts, you pretend nobody is ever, ever going to read it. Anne Tyler
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George Orwell
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way. Richard Harding Davis
As much as we don’t want to hear it, book marketing is a huge part of becoming a successful author. Heather Hart
