Heidi Amar

“إني لا أعترف بأي نتاج أدبي فني ناتج من سكر أو خمر لأني أعلي من قيمة العقل والذي لا يجوز العبث به أو المساس به”
― يحيى حقي

“أشعرت فجأة وأنت تخالط الناس بأنك تعاني وحدة قاسية؟ الكلام من حولك مفهوم، ولكن بلا جدوى كأنهم عمي وأنت تريد أن تسمع خبرا عن النور ممن رأى النور، وأيقنت أن لا أنس لك إلا إذا اهتديت لنفسك ووصلتها أولا بالكون كله؟”
― يحيى حقي, من فيض الكريم

“What I say is, a town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul.”
― Neil Gaiman, American Gods

“You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. It’s hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written, but I know it’s true. If I had a nickel for every person who ever told me he/she wanted to become a writer but “didn’t have time to read,” I could buy myself a pretty good steak dinner. Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don’t have the time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.
Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life. I take a book with me everywhere I go, and find there are all sorts of opportunities to dip in … Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered anyway.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft