“Worldbuilding works when it's used to facilitate imagination. It doesn't work when it's used to stifle it. The goal is to make it seem like the world is alive and exists with or without you. When it's used as a gate to insist that certain things couldn't happen, then it no longer serves a purpose fo…”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“Writing is an act of paying attention. Of moving towards the essential which lies, hidden, behind the costumes, baubles & doodads of survival. Remove all the noise and explore what you are left with: what is your self busy hiding from your self?”— Quiara Alegría Hudes, twitter.com
“Trying not to cry. when i cry while writing, the writing turns broad. But if i can stave off the tears, stand at the exact horizon where they well up but don't quite fall. . .good thinking lies there, clarity & fullness, at that border.”— Quiara A Hudes, twitter.com
“If you view the writing process as a creative wellspring from which ideas simply come out fully-formed and beautiful, you'll be disappointed. If you view it as a craft you work on and can improve, you'll know a bad day of writing is something you can fix.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com