"To write one's life is to live it twice and the second living is both spiritual and historical."

--Patricia Hampl 

"Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties."

--Chris Patten

 "Bernard Malamoud said that great writing leads constantly into surprises and that the writer should be the first one surprised."

--John Gardner

 "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."

--Michelangelo on Creativity