This book isn't so much a how-to as it is a "you have all the tools, now get off your ass and write" sort of book. I have a feeling this is going to be yearly read for me.

"Writing is survival." (xii)

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." (xiii)

"If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer." (4)

"This afternoon, burn down the house. Tomorrow, pour cold critical water upon the simmering coals." (7)

"It means you must still take long walks at night around your city or town, or walks in the country by day. And long walks, at any time, through bookstores and libraries." (42)

"Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art." (116)