There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments–moments of sustained creation–when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on.

E.B. White
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When you produce a book the only thing that matters is the quality of the words and the quality of your writing. You have to take time out for yourself, even if it means to not write or produce anything else.

Source: One Mans Meat

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