”The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It’s not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.” ~ Augusten Burroughs
“To hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is, to me, inhuman and indecent and dishonorable. I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions.” ~ Lillian Hellman
“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” ~ Katharine Hepburn