Children can't help but create: they need to put their mind on the page, they want to paint, to sculpt, to write short stories.
“However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.”
“Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe.”