—Orson Welles
No one who loves life can ignore literature, and no one who loves literature can ignore life.
—Laura Esquivel
An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.
—Charles Dickens
Happiness is pursuing work that sustains the spirit.
—Walt Disney
I have rewritten, often several times, every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.
—Vladimir Nabokov
A writer is a world trapped in a person.
—Victor Hugo
Those who never make mistakes lose a great many chances to learn something.
—Mary Pickford
If you can amuse yourself for the length of time it takes to write a book, publishers and readers can and will come later.
—Patricia Highsmith
Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.
—Barbara Kingsolver
