"If the story doesn't work, my experience and others' tell us that it will be healthier if you try another path or just throw them into the trash. Someone comes up with this comforting phrase that 'good writers are appreciated more for what they tear up than for what they publish' For me it's worse, i never tear them up but simply forget them..." (my translation) -- Gabriel Marquez

"We all know that every version of a story is better than the previous version, then how do we know when we should come up with a final version? Don;t follow your intelligence but your instinct, just like a cook will always know when the soup is ready."