I don't think there's anything more important than defending a child's right to read. Adriana Trigiani
Writing requires a constant pursuit, if not embrace, of the unfamiliar, the foreign, the uncomfortable—and creativity often begins only once we leave our comfort zones. David Corbett
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, The Elements of Style
I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation. Richard Powers
"Every project I undertake is a massive, massive display of overconfidence.Every time human beings embark on an endeavor, they reach beyond themselves, trying to figure something out without the full picture. And, to an extent, that’s a really human and beautiful thing." Amanda Montell