Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that — but you are the only you. ― Neil Gaiman

The first draft of everything is shit. -Ernest Hemingway

Write drunk, edit sober. – Ernest Hemingway

Have the courage to write badly. – Joshua Wolf Shenk

Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. – Ernest Hemingway

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ― Ray Bradbury

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide. — Harper Lee

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. – Oscar Wilde

Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously. – Lev Grossman

If writing seems hard, it’s because it is hard. It’s one of the hardest things people do. – William Zinsser