Writing a novel and living a life are very much the same thing. The secret is finding the balance between going out to get what you want and being open to the thing that actually winds up coming your way.

“She understood in life that a person was only allowed one trip down to hell.”

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“Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you m…”

“He realized now he was only just beginning to see the full extent to which it w…”