"The first draft of anything is sh*t." Ernest Hemingway
"All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand." -- George Orwell
"Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write." Robert Penn Warren
"You only learn to be a better writer by actually writing." Doris Lessing
"Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it." Oscar Wilde
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." Ray Bradbury
"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." Sylvia Plath
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." William Wordsworth
"Every writer I know has trouble writing." Joseph Heller
Love it. We may be crazy for writing, but it's like we can't help it. I sit here editing my book, laughing at parts and frowning at others that need some help. But still I sit here amazed at what I have done in six years. So what if it takes another six to get it out into the world? The point is that it happened. Travis would be proud and he's the only one I'm trying to prove anything to. He is the only one that matters in this story. I love him for that. I love him for the time he was here and the things he accomplished. Whether we forget or move on, we all know Travis was better then us. God needed a good sidekick. :)
To you Travis. You are my inspiration.
