Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman. – Marian Anderson
A singer starts by having his instrument as a gift from God… When you have been given something in a moment of grace, it is sacrilegious to be greedy. – Marian Anderson
Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. – Marian Anderson
My greatest fear is feeling like a professional novelist. Somebody who creates characters, who sits down and has pieces of paper taped to the wall – whats going to happen in this scene, or this act. What I like is for it to be a much more scary, sloppy reflection of who I am. – Jonathan Safran Foer
I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didnt know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I dont have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels. – Julia Cameron