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> [When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to do permanent damage to a piece of writing. You cannot ruin it. You can only make it a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/when-you-reach-a-place-where-you-feel-blocked-lower-your-standards/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

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## More by Richard Bausch

> [I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/i-don-t-teach-writing-i-teach-patience-toughness-stubbornness-the/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/to-my-mind-nothing-is-as-important-as-good-writing-because-in/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [Mostly you write to find out what you have to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/mostly-you-write-to-find-out-what-you-have-to-say/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [In every circumstance, all my life, my mind shows me the possible bad outcome: someone walks down steps, and before I can do anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/in-every-circumstance-all-my-life-my-mind-shows-me-the-possible-bad/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [“To my mind, nothing is as important as good writing, because in literature, the walls between people and cultures are broken down, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/to-my-mind-nothing-is-as-important-as-good-writing-because-in-2/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to do permanent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/when-you-reach-a-place-where-you-feel-blocked-lower-your-standards/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [Once, I thought I had a novel, and it turned out it was only a short story. I wrote about 800 pages, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/once-i-thought-i-had-a-novel-and-it-turned-out-it-was-only-a-short/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [The fact is, for all the critics' talk about me as a realist, I'm making everything up - everything. It is all about imagining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/the-fact-is-for-all-the-critics-talk-about-me-as-a-realist-i-m-making/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [“My mother used to say, when the time is right, you don't need to have a committee meeting about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/my-mother-used-to-say-when-the-time-is-right-you-don-t-need-to-have-a/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [I love teaching. If I made a trillion dollars, I would still teach. It's different every day. You get to meet intelligent people all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/i-love-teaching-if-i-made-a-trillion-dollars-i-would-still-teach-it-s/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [“He turned in a small circle and looked at the grass, the rocks, the river, the raining sky with its tatters and torn places,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/he-turned-in-a-small-circle-and-looked-at-the-grass-the-rocks-the/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [Keep everything in context, and try to have each line doing more than one thing - not just giving exposition but also revealing character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/keep-everything-in-context-and-try-to-have-each-line-doing-more-than/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [Every really good book was written a little at a time, over time, in tremendous confusion and doubt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/every-really-good-book-was-written-a-little-at-a-time-over-time-in/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [I always write stories, and I write poems, too. I just never sell them to anybody, but I write them. They're good, too. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/i-always-write-stories-and-i-write-poems-too-i-just-never-sell-them/)

[Richard Bausch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bausch/)

> [Write a little bit every day, each day. Visit it, every day - in other words, show up for work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bausch/write-a-little-bit-every-day-each-day-visit-it-every-day-in-other/)

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