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“If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.”
― Louis L’Amour

“One hasn't become a writer until one has distilled writing into
a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession.
Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic,
physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating.”
― Niyi Osundare

“The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.”
― John Steinbeck

“Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and interests you deeply—and your readers will catch fire at your words.”
― Valerie Sherwood

“Look at the picture, Emma. Do you see his expression? He looks like he’s been waiting his whole life to find you and suddenly there you are.”
― Sarah Grimm, Wrecked

“Do you know how many people would give anything for what you have? Not the fame or wealth—the opportunity to wake up tomorrow healthy, pain free and with a future stretching out before them?”
― Sarah Grimm, Wrecked

“When you’re gone and people remember you, what will they say about you? That you were happy, generous and kind? That you loved big? Or that you were the drunken singer in a rock band?”
― Sarah Grimm, Wrecked

“I’m thinking we should test your theory…see if my voice really is all you need.”
― Sarah Grimm, Wrecked

“Don’t leave me, Em. You’re my salvation.”
― Sarah Grimm, Wrecked

“You really are a ray of sunshine, aren’t you?”
― Sarah Grimm, Wrecked