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"A high Determination Quotient leaves less time for ice cream but more room for success."

"Tom Clancy isn't the greatest stylist around, but like the apostle Paul he presses toward his goal, so his advice is worth remembering: 'Writing is most of all an exercise in determination.' Two craftsman-authors, Michael Crichton ('Books aren't written. They're rewritten.') and James Michener ('I'm not a very good writer, but an excellent rewriter.') also have demonstrated high DQs. One of America's top stylists, E.B. White, noted that a 'writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.'

~Marvin Olasky, World Magazine

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