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I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.

The desire to write grows with writing.

I think enthusiasm is the answer to passionate writing.

Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it.

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.

That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.