It took me years to understand that words are often as important as experience, because words make experience last. – William Morris
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. – William Morris
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed art has remembered the people, because they created. – William Morris
So long as the system of competition in the production and exchange of the means of life goes on, the degradation of the arts will go on and if that system is to last for ever, then art is doomed, and will surely die that is to say, civilization will die. – William Morris
If people choose to live their life in a way that does not confront the more troubling aspects of their experience, thats fine, if it works for them. But it will probably make them uncomfortable if they come up against somebody like me. So they just shouldnt! They shouldnt read my work! – Joyce Maynard