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Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  • Sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character.

  • Everybody won't like everything you write. Some people won't like anything you write. Get over it.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • Writing is hard for everybody except fools.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • Fear goes hand-in-hand with artistic creation, and no amount of success will make the fear go away entirely.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • Anyone who's waiting for her or his in-basket to be empty before starting to write will never start to write.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • E-mail creates the illusion that you're writing. You're not.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • Figure out what depletes you creatively and get it out out of your life. (This doesn't apply to spouse and kids.) Give yourself permission to put garbage on the screen. A lot of days it's the only way you'll be able to keep going. You can clean it up later.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()
  • Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.

    • Susan Elizabeth Phillips,
    • in Romance Writers' Report ()

Susan Elizabeth Phillips, U.S. writer

(1948)