On staying the course

It’s possible that I see myself in this quote by the author of Transatlantic.

The writers who are prepared to keep going are the ones who are going to make it. I can guarantee that a writer with 80 percent of the talent and 100 percent of the desire will be so much better than the person with 100 percent of the talent and only 80 percent of the desire. It always works that way.

COLUM McCANN