“I'm always aware that I risk being taken for a neurasthenic prima donna when I explain to someone who wants 'just a little' of my time that five minutes of the wrong kind of distraction can ruin a working day.” WantKindLittlesTakenFiveRiskMinutesRuinsMy TimeDistractionFive MinutesInterruptionsPrima Donnas Author:Gail Godwin
“I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher's desk, there are at least five or six that died on the way. And even with the ones I do finish, I think of all the ways they might have been better.” ThinkingWayHas BeensMightNovelFiveSixShadowDiedDesksPublishersMight Have Been Author:Gail Godwin