“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.” -Henry David Thoreau

“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.” – Anais Nin

He asked, “What makes a writer?” “Well,” I said, “it’s simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.” – Charles Bukowski

“I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.” – Ray Bradbury

“What would I do if I had only six months left to live? I’d type faster.” – Isaac Asimov