Leo Rosten A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
Every writer is a narcissist.
In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed. The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. George Santayana Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana Fanatacism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.