But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, its all there, at least the basic elements of it. You cant change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed. – Stephen King
Its necessary to start most work alone. But Im tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether its borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate. – Jenny Holzer
The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness of their age, branded us as pagans and devil-worshipers, and demanded of us that we abjure our false gods before bowing the knee at their sacred altar. – Charles Eastman