John Steinbeck, on writing:

When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages,

a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it.

Then gradually, I write one page and then another.

One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.

- John Steinbeck.

Friday funny:

Asher Roth, on dedication:

Do your thing.

Do it unapologetically.

Don't be discouraged by criticism.

You probably already know what they're going to say.

Pay no mind to the fear of failure.

It's far more valuable than success.

Take ownership, take chances, and have fun.

And, no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing.

- Asher Roth.

Sophocles, on labor:

Without labor nothing prospers.

- Sophocles.

R. A. Salvatore, on writing:

If you can quit, then quit.

If you can't quit, you're a writer.

- R. A. Salvatore.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, on dedication:

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Terry Pratchett, on writing:

The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file.

I dread not having work in progress.

- Terry Pratchett.