Russ Weeks

“I can tell you that I am a man who is cognizant of his world, a man who has a family, who loves a family, who has been torn from his family, a man who can read and write, a man who will not let his story be self-related, but self-written.”
― Percival Everett, James

“Own your disappointment, acknowledge it for what it is, and move on.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

“I want my students to understand that the ability to evaluate and judge is not a school skill; it is a life skill.”
― Kelly Gallagher, Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts

“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear