A dream is just a dream. A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline. --Harvey Mackay

Easy reading is damn hard writing.  --Nathaniel Hawthorne

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large. -- Alyce P. Cornyn Selby

Write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and
tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules.
Not ones that matter.
--Neil Gaiman

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small
boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.
--John Gardner

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof
shit detector.
--Ernest Hemingway

The first chapter sells the book. The last chapter sells the next
book.
--Mickey Spillane