“As children get older, they only get more intimidated by writing. You need to start at a young age.”

—Betty Rogers
2003 Teacher of the Year

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

—Epictetus

“Why do writers write? Because it isn’t there.”

—Thomas Berger

“One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others’ minds.”

—Alfred Kazin

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“Whether or not you write well, write bravely.”

—Bill Stout

“You will be judged, for your entire life, on the basis of how well you write. If you write well, people will think you are smart. If you write poorly, they will think you are dumb. That is perhaps unfair, but it is the reality, and you might as well face it now.”

–Robert Pasnau

“Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, than nothing at all.”

—Katherine Mansfield

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

—C. S. Lewis

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” 

—Anton Chekhov

     “If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” 

—Toni Morrison

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