"First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice."

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Source : Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Bloodchild: And Other Stories”, p.128, Open Road Media

Octavia Butler

#Inspiration Quotes #Writing Quotes #Persistence Quotes

“Get inside her head. Get inside any character's head and ask what they want in this scene. And if you work from the perspective of what they want, there's not going to be any wrong answer. There's going to be some boring answers, but none of them are going to be wrong. As long as she has agency, then you're on the right track.”
“Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.”
“There are certain things in life that have limits, but you don't unless you impose limits on yourself.”
“Antioxidants have a good effect on certain forms of Crohn's disease.”

Source : "Mary Ann Mobley: going public about a private disease". Saturday Evening Post Interview with Cory SerVaas, January 1, 1994.
“What's the use, there never was a woman living who could understand political ideas.”
“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.”
“Then there were things-- epic, terrible things-- that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain.”
“I believe I can sing anything.”

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