When I was a teen, I thought I would have to choose between my writing or my music or my art, but it turns out its a difficult juggling game but I can do all of them. – Maggie Stiefvater
The story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin
There are people who appear in the magazines and I dont know who they are. Ive never seen anything theyve done and their careers are over already. Theyre famous for maybe 10 minutes. Real careers, I think, take a long time to unfold. – Matt Damon
It is in Virginia and Georgia that the war now rages and where it will continue for at these points – Richmond and Atlanta – the enemys main strength is concentrated. – Knute Nelson