Katelynn

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

“No writing is wasted. Did you know that sourdough from San Francisco is leavened partly by a bacteria called lactobacillus sanfrancisensis? It is native to the soil there, and does not do well elsewhere. But any kitchen can become an ecosystem. If you bake a lot, your kitchen will become a happy home to wild yeasts, and all your bread will taste better. Even a failed loaf is not wasted. Likewise, cheese makers wash the dairy floor with whey. Tomato gardeners compost with rotten tomatoes. No writing is wasted: the words you can't put in your book can wash the floor, live in the soil, lurk around in the air. They will make the next words better.”
― Erin Bow

“The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.”
― Julian Barnes, Flaubert's Parrot

“Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence. ”
― Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night