“ Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page. Janet Burroway Author
“ The only justification for writing a novel is that it should be wonderful. Adequate is inadequate. Janet Burroway Author
“ The human desire to know why is as powerful as the desire to know what happened next, and it is a desire of a higher order. Janet Burroway Author
“ I sit and pass judgment on myself: this is dull, this is unclear, this is insignificant: ergo I am dull, I am unclear, I am insignificant. Janet Burroway Author
“ I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success. Walter Russell Author
“ I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further. Maggie Stiefvater Writer
“ Great historians can make the discovery of the real story more exciting than the romantic myth. Stacy Schiff, a great historian as well as a wonderful writer, peels away the layers to reveal the true Cleopatraa much more interesting woman than the Hollywood version and, as it turns out, a formidable queen after all. Evan Thomas Journalist
“ I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, I spent a night with interesting people. Aby Rosen Tycoon
“ As an artist I would like to eliminate the symbolic pretty much, for black is interesting not as a color but as a non-color and as the absence of color. Ad Reinhardt Artist
“ In considering any new subject, there is frequently a tendency, first, to overrate what we find to be already interesting or remarkable; and, secondly, by a sort of natural reaction, to undervalue the true state of the case, when we do discover that our notions have surpassed those that were really tenable Ada Lovelace Countess Of Lovelace