“I don't think that children, if left to themselves, feel that there is an author behind a book, a somebody who wrote it. Grown-ups have fostered this quotient of identity, particularly teachers. Write a letter to your favorite author and so forth. When I was a child I never realized that there were authors behind books. Books were there as living things, with identities of their own.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingChildrenBookLeftBehindsTeacherIdentityLettersLiving ThingsYour Favorite Author:P. L. Travers
“I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left.” WantWritingLeftPropertyPrivacyAutobiography Author:Stephen Hawking
“An exacting account of the processes by which things fall apart. The scope is breathtaking...the clarity and lyricism of the writing itself left me with repeated gasps of recognition about the human condition. I believe it will be a classic.” WritingBelieveHumansFallLeftI BelieveProcessConditionsAccountsClarityRecognitionClassicHuman ConditionFalling ApartScopeBreathtaking Author:Dennis Covington
“I want a book to contain a world - indeed the world. Writing is my main means of engagement with the world and I want the scars of that engagement to be left in the language.” WorldWantWritingMeanBookLeftLanguageEngagementScar Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“When I left home, my mum said "Don't forget to write", I thought, "That's unlikely"... It's a basic skill isn't it.” WritingSaidHomeHumorFunnyLeftForgetSkillsMumUnlikely Author:Tim Vine