Quotes of the Week

Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent.
—Marlon Brando

One must be ruthless with one’s own writing or someone else will be.
—John Berryman

Do it now—write nothing but what your conviction of its truth inspires you to write.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
—T.S. Elliot