Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.” Tom Stoppard
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades
When the Grim Reaper comes to get me, he'll have to give me a few extra hours to revise my last words. Flannery O'Connor
Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. Annie Dillard
“Sometimes not having any idea where we're going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.” Ann Patchett