I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
“I never know how to give advice to a writer because there's so much you could say, and it's hard to translate your own experience. But of course, I always try. The main thing that I usually end up saying is to read a lot. To read a great deal and to learn from that.”