Alex

“I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.”
― Octavia E. Butler

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“Read, read, read. Read everything -- trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it.
Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.”
― William Faulkner

“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
― Toni Morrison, Beloved