“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

“A story trapped inside your head is like a disease. You won’t be healed until you get it out.” – Niq Mhlongo

“I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.” – Jacques Derrida

“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.” – Franz Kafka

“If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.” – George Gordon Byron