Luann

“The artist knows total dependence on the unseen reality. The paradox is that the creative process is incomplete unless the artist is, in the best and most proper sense of the word, a technician, one who knows the tools of his trade, has studied his techniques, is disciplined. One writer said, “If I leave my work for a day, it leaves me for three.” I think it was Artur Rubinstein who admitted, “If I don’t practice the piano for one day I know it. If I don’t practice it for two days my family knows it. If I don’t practice it for three days, my public knows it.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life

“Sure, I go to the library for books, but also sometimes I go just to exist in a space that's welcoming, organized, comfortable, judgement-free, and run by knowledgeable, helpful, passionate people, because that energy is straight up medicinal.”
― Jonathan Edward Durham

“Children's books can teach us not just what we have forgotten, but what we have forgotten we have forgotten.”
― Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

“We are never satisfied with what we have done. We know that our best is never adequate. If I had to be satisfied with what I have written I’d still be on my first novel. But I wrote what was for me the best book I could write at that moment in time.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life