“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
–Madeleine L’Engle
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
–Stephen King
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
–Anaïs Nin
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
–Mark Twain
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
–Toni Morrison
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