"If a story is in you, it has got to come out."
-William Faulkner

"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap, thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually get better at it."
-Octavia Butler

"If I waited until I felt like writing, I'd never write."
-Anne Tyler

"If you want to be a good writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."
-Stephen King