You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.
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Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single.James Lee Burke
I wouldn't write anything autobiographical. If you've lived a life like Laurence of Arabia, it might be a consideration, but otherwise it's a little bit vain, it seems to me.
James Lee Burke
Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work.
James Lee Burke
The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.
James Lee Burke
That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.
James Lee Burke
Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.
James Lee Burke
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