"That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance." - Paulo Coelho


"A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it." - Roald Dahl

"Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence." - Gao Xingjian

"That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version." - Chuck Palahniuk