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


"Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works."

- Virginia Woolf

Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he'll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer.
- Ray Bradbury

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
- Barbara Kingsolver

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anyway