“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.”

—Anaïs Nin

“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.”

—Enrique Jardiel Poncela

“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order,
you can nudge the world a little.”

—Tom Stoppard

“The secret of all effective advertising is not the creation of new and tricky words and pictures,
but one of putting familiar words and pictures into new relationships.”

—Leo Burnett

“One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves
into the proper patterns at the right moment.”

—Hart Crane, American Poet (1899-1932)

“You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.”

—Jack London