“We make things because we are creatures who are built to build. And some of us build real cities, and some of us build imaginative worlds for the heart and mind to dwell in.”
—Dorianne Laux
“For me, the writing life doesn’t just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle, and mine is this: that I will pay close attention to this world I find myself in.”
—Julia Alvarez
“Story is a way out, a way past, a hand in the dark, a whisper of hope, the hope I have for all of us.”
—Dorothy Allison
“I really love language. I love it for what it does for us, how it allows us to explain the pain and the glory, the nuances and delicacies of our existence.”