“ Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it. Ernest Barbaric
“ That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again. Kelly Marcel & Sue Smith
“ I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was curious to see if I could convey my emotional experiences adequately on paper. Elizabeth Gilbert
“ I write because, as wonderful as life is - and it is truly wonderful - it isn't enough. It does not, for example, contain dragons. I find this unsatisfactory. So I read. And I write. Laini Taylor
“ Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. Out of fear that the memory of myself might get lost. Or even just to be shielded by a story, to sli… Fabrizio de André
“ The writer doesn’t write for the reader. He doesn’t write for himself, either. He writes to serve…something. Somethingness. The somethingness that is sheltered by the wings of nothingness — those exqu… Joy Williams
