“Whoa. i have been trying to write an essay. like one of those ones i used to write all the time. ALL THE TIME. And my muscle memory is gone. I am rereading some old ones and i could swear someone else did them. IS THIS WHAT HAPPENS.”— Mary H.K. Choi, twitter.com
“Writers are vacuum cleaners who suck up other people's lives and weave them into stories like a sparrow builds a nest from scraps.”— Garrison Keillor, amazon.com