Tamar

“Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
― Willa Cather

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
― Stephen King