David Donavel ~

“It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”

-E.L. Doctorow

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.”

-E.L. Doctorow

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.”

-Stephen King

“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you’re doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.”

-E.L. Doctorow

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
-Phillip Pullman

“Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.”

-E.L. Doctorow