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“Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel, stride down there and light the bloody thing yourself.”
― Sara Henderson

“When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.”
― Betsy Byars, The Moon and I

“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.”
― Francoise Sagan

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing.”
― E.L. Doctorow

“When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off.”
― Stephen King

“I'd like to emphasize that when a reader finishes a great novel, he will immediately begin looking for another. If someone loves your book, it increases the chance that he or she will look at mine. So there is no competition between writers. Another writer's success helps build a larger readership for all of us.”
― David Farland

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
― Lao Tzu