“If a story is in you, it has to come out.” — William Faulkner

“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.” — Ray Bradbury

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King

“No need to force yourself to do something the “right way” if it’s not your right way. Your job is to honor your process.” — Andi Cumbo

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
―Mary Oliver

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” — Tom Clancy

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about.” — Natalie Goldberg 

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”  — Ernest Hemingway

“I write to discover what I know.” — Flannery O’Conner