Recommitting

“Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.” 
― A. Lee Martinez

“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.” 
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

“Writing is the great invention of the world.” 
― Abraham Lincoln, Discoveries and Inventions: A Lecture by Abraham Lincoln Delivered in 1860

"It is easy to lose sight of the fact that writers do not write to impart knowledge to others; rather, they write to inform themselves."
--Judith Guest, Foreward to Writing Down the Bones

"I write because there are stories that people have forgotten to tell, because I am a woman trying to stand up in my life."
--Natalie Golberg, Writing Down the Bones