“If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison, novelist

“Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say.” – Sharon O’Brien, author

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.” – Vladimir Nabakov, novelist

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury, science fiction author

“The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.” ~Jules Renard, “Diary,” February 1895