'Half the people I know want to be writers.
Why do you say want? If you're already doing it, then it's not about the future. It already exists in the present.
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'Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.'