Sour

"So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say"
 ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own

"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 E. Butler