"Writing isn't a competition. The only things you should be competing with are the hours in each day. Did you conquer the hours by writing, or did the hours win by convincing you that there would be more of them in the day than there are? I used to think that the only person you were in competition with was yourself, but I don't even believe that anymore. It's time itself: that's our enemy. All the rest of what we compete against is ego." (13)
"Writing isn't a competition. The only things you should be competing with are the hours in each day. Did you conquer the hours by writing, or did the hours win by convincing you that there would be more of them in the day than there are? I used to think that the only person you were in competition with was yourself, but I don't even believe that anymore. It's time itself: that's our enemy. All the rest of what we compete against is ego." (13)
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