"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme."

Herman Melville

"It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly."

C. J. Cherryh

"A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God."

Sidney Sheldon

"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."

William Faulkner