" People tend to look at successful writers, writers who are getting their books published and may be even doing well financially, and think that they sit down at their desks every morning feeling like a million dollars, feeling great about who they are and how much talent they have and what a great stay they have to tell; that they take deep breaths, push back their sleeves, roll their necks a few times to get all the cricks out , and dive in, typing fully formed passages as fast as a court reporter. But this is just the fantasy of the uninitiated." -Ann Lamott |