Quote of the Day [for yesterday]

[soniaamiller]

"[The writer] must be sufficiently excited to rouse himself to the task at hand, and not so excited he cannot sit down to it. He must have faith sufficient to impel and renew the work, yet not so much faith he fancies he is writing well when he is not. For writing a first draft requires from the writer a peculiar internal state which ordinary life does not induce. (...)
How do you set yourself spinning? Where is an edge - a dangerous edge - and where is the trail to the edge and the strength to climb it?" ~ Annie Dillard