Octavia Butler Quotes About Persistence

Quotes about: Persistence

• The big talent is persistence.

  Octavia Butler

  Persistence, Talent, Bigs

• First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

  Octavia Butler

  Inspiration, Writing, Persistence

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Bloodchild: And Other Stories”, p.128, Open Road Media

• You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

  Octavia Butler

  Writing, Persistence, Thinking

• If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell.

  Octavia Butler

  Writing, Persistence, Needs

• People who want to write either do it or they don't. At last I began to say that my most important talent - or habit - was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It's amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.

  Octavia Butler

  Giving Up, Writing, Persistence

  Octavia E. Butler (2011). “Bloodchild and Other Stories”, p.148, Seven Stories Press

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