Writing is Writing

Here's a quotation that I think you really need to live by as a writer.  It has, frankly, been an issue for me for years, one I'm still working on.  But one day at a time, right?  And maybe blog by blog . . .

"Planning to write is not writing.  Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing.  Writing is writing."  E.L. Doctorow, New York Times, 1985.