A notebook can be a clearing in the forest of your life, a place where you can be alone and content as you play with outrage and wonder, details and gossip, language and dreams, plots and subplots, perceptions and small…

Quote by Ralph Fletcher

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Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an...

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

Writing or printing is like shooting with a rifle; you may hit your reader's mind,...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of...

As to 'Don Juan,' confess that it is the sublime of that there sort of...

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is...

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...