“Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation.”

~ Lorrie Moore

“No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die, the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the weather.”

~ Michael Pritchard

“If one is a woman writer, there are certain things one must do. First, not be too good; second, die young, what an edge Katherine Mansfield has on all of us; third, commit suicide like Virginia Woolf. To go on writing and writing well just can’t be forgiven.”

~ Rebecca West