#authors

". . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what their concerns are, what their obsessions are, and what interests them."

"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."

"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy."

"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

"Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are."

"When I want to read a novel, I write one."

"What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though."

"Life is magic."

"No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out."

"I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over. In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page."

"Be the energy you want others to absorb."

"As with many people, Charles, who could not talk, wrote with fullness. He set down his loneliness and his perplexities, and he put on paper many things he did not know about himself."

"A loving heart, determination, faith, courage, trust, belief, truth, and a solid soul create the wings with which we fly."

"Believe so brightly that everyone sees the beauty in believing."

"Drizzle happiness wherever you go."

"Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love."

"Every day, live in a way that honors who you are."