A Quote by Jodi Picoult

Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
American - Author
Born: May 19, 1966

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If you have to find devices to coax yourself to stay focused on writing, perhaps you should not be writing what you're writing. And if this lack of motivation is a constant problem, perhaps writing is not your forte. I mean, what is the problem? If writing bores you, that is pretty fatal. If that is not the case, but you find that it is hard going and it just doesn't flow, well, what did you expect? It is work; art is work.

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I plunged into the job of creating something from nothing.... Though I hadn't a penny left, I considered cash money as the smallest part of my resources. I had faith in a living God, faith in myself, and a desire to serve.

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