"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence."-Octavia E. Butler

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."- Anne Frank

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin

 "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ― Maya Angelou

 "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." - Ray Bradbury

 "Write drunk, edit sober." - Ernest Hemingway