The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task. -- Nancy Kress
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I am not a heavy drinker. Sometimes I can go hours without a drink.
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.
It is not in words that I should wish my life to be distinguished, but rather in things done.
My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
A goal is not always meant to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at.