Maybe-great future quotes by me Draft 1

"When we need a story and don't have it, we push ourselves to the edge. We squeeze, wring our brains dry of any remaining juices so that we can complete production. We do this assuming we are the source from which the story springs. But we're not. Writers are vehicles, vehicles of language and vehicles like any other. They need something to push them forward: fuel, gas, inspiration. To get that gas, they have to do what, in my opinion, is the most effective thing they can actually do in the long run, which is simply to read: Read enjoyable things. Read the things that nourish your soul and fertilize your mind. Good stories add to the "list of ingredients" that makes us who we are, and which we draw on to create new stories." -Lengthy reiteration of what many writers have said or thought in some way or another

For further consideration:

To do something great, you should either have everything, or have nothing.

To do something great, it is optimal that you have either everything or nothing.