"When you first start writing—and I think it’s true for a lot of beginning writers—you’re scared to..."

“When you first start writing—and I think it’s true for a lot of beginning writers—you’re scared to death that if you don’t get that sentence right that minute it’s never going to show up again. And it isn’t. But it doesn’t matter—another one will, and it’ll probably be better. And I don’t mind writing badly for a couple of days because I know I can fix it—and fix it again and again and again, and it will be better.”

- Toni Morrison (via ilivetowriteandinspire)