First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.
– Octavia Butler
Tag: persistence
Quotable 236
Work inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you’re interested, keep working. If you’re bored, keep working.
– Michael Crichton
Quotable 123
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.
– E. B. White