“If you would like to write better than everybody else, you have to want to write better than everybody else. You must take an obsessive pride in the smallest details of your craft. And you must be willing to defend what you've written against the various middlemen - editors, agents and publishers - whose sights may be different from yours, whose standards not so high.” IfsWantWritingMayDifferentWrittenWillingPrideStandardsSightDetailsVariousCraftsAgentsEditorsSmallestPublishersObsessiveMiddlemen Author:William Zinsser
“I've taken my bumps and bruises, but you've got to be willing to get knocked down and pick yourself up. You can't get discouraged. You can't lose sight of what your goals are.” GoalLosesTakenWillingPicksSightDown AndDiscouragedBumpsBruisesKnocked DownPick Yourself Up Author:Jermaine O'Neal
“The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.” WorldWillingSightBoredMisfortunesDistressRecitals Author:W. Somerset Maugham