Sandra

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
― Mark Twain

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain