"The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort...Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance."

-- Donald Murray

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“I'm sure 50 percent of television ads use rhyme”
“Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.”
“Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.”
“I listened to Bill Bennett and tons of other talk show hosts who talked about that and other policies and started branching out and caring about other issues in regards to politics.”
“A change initiative can fail for multiple reasons - in fact, there are just too many things that can go wrong. The focus of the initiative might be wrong - too narrow or too broad. The initiative might be poorly executed or under-resourced. But most often, a change initiative fails because it hits a behavioral impasse. Something in the culture of the company is in conflict with the objective or execution of the initiative.”
“Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid My child sleeps on.”
“The dearest things I know are what you are.”
“I was obsessed. I wouldn't quit. My grades suffered. I didn't care.”

Source : Ernest Cline (2011). “Ready Player One”, p.63, Random House

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