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"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” —Walt Disney

"If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood." — Peter Handke

"The only way to write is to write." 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

 “It’s not what you achieve; it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career.” ― Carlton Fisk 

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"The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities." ― Raymond Chandler

"It's not magic that takes us into another world ― it's storytelling."  ― Val McDermid

"Write! Your characters' lives depend on it." 

― Rita Hanner-Ward

"A writer is as enduring as the stories they weave and as resilient as the characters they create." 

― Rita Hanner-Ward

 "Writing romance isn’t about creating intimate moments; it’s about mastering the tension that leads to them.” ― Rita Hanner-Ward

"We don’t write for fame or fortune. We write for the beauty of words, the love of characters, and the resonance of story." ― Rita Hanner-Ward

"What follows the dream of writing is often the nightmare of procrastination." ― Rita Hanner-Ward

"You don’t need to be a little crazy to write—just self-possessed enough to do it." ― Rita Hanner-Ward

"Within every writer lies an elephant’s graveyard of character deaths. The elephant invariably returns to mourn not just their loss, but the end of the story." 

― Rita Hanner-Ward

 "Writing is how memory moves through the body—mind to hand, past to page." ― Rita Hanner-Ward