"When you’re writing, you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you don’t want to know, what you don’t want to find out. But something forces you to anyway."
— James Baldwin
'If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.'
— Toni Morrison
“A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.”
— Toni Morrison
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” — Ray Bradbury
