“Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.”— Sandra Brown Related Quotes “Novel writing is mostly triage (this now, that later) and obstinacy. Trying something, and when that doesn’t work, trying something else. Welcoming clutter Surrendering a good idea for a better one. Knowing you won’t find the finish line for a year or two, or five…”— Richard Russo “All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively he must think clearly to act nobly he must think nobly.”— William Ellery Channing “The reason placing blame repeatedly fails to work is that I repeatedly place it on everyone else instead of where it actually belongs.”— Craig D. Lounsbrough