The creative mind plays with the object it loves. . . . . . .Carl Gustav Jung Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. . . . . . .Pablo Picasso If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. . . . . . .Toni Morrison At its best the sensation of writing is that of any unmerited grace. It is handed to you, but only if you look for it. You search, you break your heart, you break your brain and then—and only then—it is handed to you. . . . . . .Annie Dillard I compose sometimes with a pen and notebook, sometimes on the computer; it makes no difference. If all I had was a chisel and a rock I would write on the rock. . . . . . .Ursula K. LeGuin Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart . . . . . .William Wordsworth Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing; for life itself is a writer's love until death. . . . . . .Edna Ferber