30th June 2016 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, the successful artist, writing, Brad Meltzer |
"The moment you think you're done, and the moment you think you've made it, you're finished. The best motivator is to remember what it's like to have nothing at all - to keep yourself hungry."
"Some writers hate the idea that luck plays a big part in success, but it does. But I've found that the harder you work, the luckier you get."
"I wish all writers realized that agents, publishers, book doctors, vanity presses, and how-to seminars, have a cost attached to them—sometimes a very high cost—with zero guarantees. You can be a writer, and have writer be a part of your identity, without any of them."
"I would have bet twenty to one against my own success, but by continuing I could lose only pen and paper; and if the one chance in twenty did turn up in my favor, then how much might I win!"
"It's gotta be with a great sense of fun! Writing is not a serious business. It's a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun at it. Ignore the authors who say, 'oh, my god, what work.' No, to hell with that! ...If it's work, stop it, and do something else."
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