Tell him I said that he will know when he's my age that books aren't written on whims or old promises. Books are written on years turned inside out by ideas that never let go until you get them in print, and even then writing's a last resort, a desperate ransom you pay to get your life back. Richard Bach
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I think the quote "Tell him I said that he will know when he's my age that books aren't written on whims or old promises" is a really good one and it really applies to the way we do things and why we do things. It’s because we don't do them because we want to, we do them because we have to. Not only that but we keep doing them even though we know we shouldn’t. I think it’s a very true quote and if you understand what it means then you would understand how people feel when they are writing a book and they don’t know what they want to write about or what they want to say in their book. I think that is one of the main reasons people stop writing books because they feel like they can’t make a decision about what they want their book to be about.

Source: Running From Safety: An Adventure Of The Spirit

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