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> [That's the thing about the writer's life is that you have to have self-discipline. Otherwise you'll never get paid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/that-s-the-thing-about-the-writer-s-life-is-that-you-have-to-have/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

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## More by Eric Heisserer

> [The beauty with comics - and also the risk - is it is a far smaller number of voices. It's the writer and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/the-beauty-with-comics-and-also-the-risk-is-it-is-a-far-smaller/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

> [I don't worry about budget, at least not early on. I discovered that if you start worrying about budget, then you'll get half of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/i-don-t-worry-about-budget-at-least-not-early-on-i-discovered-that-if/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

> [Studios are mercurial kind of creatures. A lot of the times getting a movie out can be as much luck as anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/studios-are-mercurial-kind-of-creatures-a-lot-of-the-times-getting-a/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

> [As my contribution as an artist and a storyteller, I have to have some hope. I have to have some beacon of good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/as-my-contribution-as-an-artist-and-a-storyteller-i-have-to-have-some/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

> [That's the thing about the writer's life is that you have to have self-discipline. Otherwise you'll never get paid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/that-s-the-thing-about-the-writer-s-life-is-that-you-have-to-have/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

> [What I need more in my culture and in my life right now is hope, and so I tend to write to that. I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-heisserer/what-i-need-more-in-my-culture-and-in-my-life-right-now-is-hope-and/)

[Eric Heisserer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-heisserer/)

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