You have to be willing to be bad at something in order to be... - Kathy Acker

"You have to be willing to be bad at something in order to be good at it."

Kathy Acker Perseverance

Novelist American 1947–1997

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"Writing is a form of theft, a way of taking what doesn't belong to you and making it your own."

"I'm trying to be a moral person and at the same time accept that I'm not a good person."

"The more you own, the more it owns you."

"Love is the most violent emotion."

"Perseverance is the key to success."

"Don't give up on what you believe in."

"I've been through worse."

"You learn to live with the pain."