“I did not always know I would be a writer. Until I had a room of my own, I did not write much at all - no more than any other child who read a lot of books. I began to write fiction and poetry when I first had a room that was truly my own with a door that shut and some measure, however fragile, of privacy.” KnowsWritingFirstsChildrenBookWould BeMy OwnRoomsFictionDoorsPrivacyFragile Author:Marge Piercy
“I want to preserve a certain unknowing about my own poems - perhaps because unknowing is in itself a useful poetic thirst. To move the perimeter of saying outside my own boundaries is one reason I write.” WantWritingReasonMovingCertainMy OwnBoundariesPreservesPoeticThirstUnknowingPerimeter Author:Jane Hirshfield
“In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers.” WritingHas BeensDifferentMy OwnFictionGroupsWovenFiction WritingStrands Author:Alan Lightman
“I'm simply too content doing what I want to do to really have a very negative attitude towards MicroSoft. They make bad products - so what? I don't need to care, because I happily don't have to use them, and writing my own alternative has been a very gratifying experience in many ways.” WayWantNeedsWritingHas BeensUseCareMy OwnAttitudeProductsNegativeAlternativesMicrosoftNegative Attitude Author:Linus Torvalds