Ann Patchett on What Writing Is

“Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.”

~ Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963), Truth and Beauty

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Lucy Maud Montgomery on the Indefatigability of Dreams

“You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams.”

~ Lucy Maud Montgomery OBE (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), The Road to Yesterday

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C. S. Lewis on the Insatiable Desire

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”

~ C. S. Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963)

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Anais Nin on the Importance of Dreams

“Dreams are necessary to life.”

~ Anais Nin

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Albert Einstein on the Importance of Imagination

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

~ Albert Einstein

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Brian Aldiss on Writers

“There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.”

~ Brian Aldiss

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Joseph Campbell on the Relationship between Dreams and Myth

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

~ Joseph Campbell

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Cassandra Clare on Being Influenced by Reading

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”

~ Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

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Lloyd Alexander on Fantasy and Reality

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.”

~ Lloyd Alexander

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