“There’s no “magic secret”; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day – bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.”

“There’s no “magic secret”; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at it till you get there. As Agnes de Mille said, it means working every day – bored, tired, weary, or with a fever of a hundred and two.”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley