Here’s a wonderful excerpt
from Dennis Palumbo’s post about the need for writers to have patience on Huffington Post today, 1/28/10, – check it out.

"In
the film Chariots of Fire, someone says, regarding Eric Liddle's refusal
to race on the Sabbath, that the boy's faith needs to be honored; that the
Olympics officials made a mistake when they "sought to sever his running
from himself." In the same way, you can't separate the writer from the
writing. And you can't know yourself—you the person, you the writer—without
patience. Patience encourages and underscores the notion that your career is
not only a life-long pursuit, but a daily connection to your experience of
living it."

–  Dennis Palumbo 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-palumbo/hollywood-on-the-couch-