Writing is truly a creative art – putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot. – William Shatner
Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men. – Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805), Fiesco, translated from German
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind. – Clive Bell
The refined scholar sustains himself on the finest aged wines of poetry but should take time occasionally to partake of cheap-ale words. – Terri Guillemets, “Drinking Literature,” 2003
