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1 " At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. "
― Christopher Hitchens , A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq
2 " Brimming. That's what it is, I want to get to a place where my sentences enact brimming. "
― Li-Young Lee , Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee
3 " This is what is behind the special relationship between tale and travel, and, perhaps, the reason why narrative writing is so closely bound up with walking. To write is to carve a new path through the terrain of the imagination, or to point out new features on a familiar route. To read is to travel through that terrain that the author as guide - a guide one may not always agree with our trust, but who can at least be counted upon to take one somewhere. I have have often wished that my sentences could be written out as a single line running into distances so that it would be clear that a sentence is likewise a road and reading is traveling. "
― Rebecca Solnit , Wanderlust: A History of Walking
4 " Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences -- even if you're right. "
― Buffy Andrews
5 " I find talking difficult as my brain goes much faster than I can say the words. So most of the time my sentences are all jumbled up. That's why I have a collection of phrases I've stored and mostly just use those instead. "
6 " I like to edit my sentences as I write them. I rearrange a sentence many times before moving on to the next one. For me, that editing process feels like a form of play, like a puzzle that needs solving, and it's one of the most satisfying parts of writing. "
