"When I moved to Iowa, I taped these words onto the wall of my apartment, right above where I'd sit and write each day: Treat your writing day like an athlete treats their training day. That means variety. A tennis player doesn't spend eight hours hitting serves, or eight hours hitting forehands, or eight hours doing any one thing on a given day. They work on their entire game, through various exercises, until it's complete. Work hard towards becoming a complete writer. Write, read, study, talk, live, pursue happiness. Pursue yourself as you pursue your writing. The book will be finished but you never will, so don't search for happiness at the end of the book, search for it in the process of bettering your creative self. You got this man, I believe in you."

- Joel Worford