Even great, best selling writers produce works that fall flat from expectations. This writing thing isn't easy and everything you produce won't be a best seller, but you must write anyway. You have to write because you love it, because it fuels you, because you can feel the stories living inside you, nudging you, prodding you, itching to get out and the only thing worse than writing it and failing is not writing it. As the late Maya Angelou once said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." Even if your work doesn't resonate with others, it is still worth writing. And that in itself, is what's important.
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GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO In the area of national security, I urge the swift passage of an anti-terrorism law that will protec... GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO In the time one is given, the steward must make the most of the talents one is given by the Lord. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO link the entire country through a network of transport infrastructure. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO On the economy, the U.S. cumulatively is our most important investor, most important trading partner... GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO The Filipino people mark a glorious day in history, when instead of forcing a president out of offic... GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO We're waiting for emotions to subside, and we hope that the opposition will go back to their seats s... GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO The 1950s felt so safe and smug, the '60s so raw and raucous, the revolutions stacked one on top... NANCY GIBBS When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high... NANCY PELOSI Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacen... NANCY PEARCEY I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But ev... NANCY FRIDAY All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on m... NANCY GRACE Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying a... NANCY PELOSI A stereotype may be negative or positive, but even positive stereotypes present two problems: They a... NANCY KRESS When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince inst... NANCY WILLARD In Jenny Offill's remarkable first novel, 'Last Things,' 7-year-old Grace Davitt watches... NANCY WILLARD Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the qu... NANCY WILLARD I used to want covers that represented the book's contents very closely and were also pretty. Ma... NANCY WERLIN You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon,... NANCY WERLIN I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is ... NANCY WERLIN Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenag... NANCY WERLIN There was a mission: To match the cover of 'Extraordinary' to the cover of the paperback ... NANCY WERLIN I actually hope people don't react to 'Impossible' in a way where they think it's te... NANCY WERLIN No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book ... NANCY WERLIN 'Extraordinary' is an original fairy tale, a contemporary story. But like a traditional fair... NANCY WERLIN I've always got on very well with the French, perhaps because I'm very natural. NANCY WAKE I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men... NANCY WAKE I adored my father. NANCY WAKE I've probably said that in every feature I've been in. I've been repeatedly defined as t... NANCY TRAVIS I really enjoy doing sitcom television. It allows me to stay in Los Angeles and spend more time with... NANCY TRAVIS The alarming thing in China is the almost total absence of primary care. Even in cities, there are n... NANCY TRAVIS