The first draft of anything is shit.
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.