A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream. – Gaston Bachelard
No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted. – W. H. Auden
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. – Karl Marx
From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength. – Cesar Chavez
If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work – because if they dont, they wont be around the next time the ballot box is open. – King Abdullah II
You do not wake up one morning a bad person. It happens by a thousand tiny surrenders of self-respect to self-interest. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
