"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."
— Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

"Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory."
— Tennessee Williams

"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not."
— andre gide

""Sea-Fever"

I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.

I must down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over"
— John Masefield (Sea Fever: Selected Poems of John Masefield)

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
— C.S. Lewis

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."
— Ray Bradbury (Zen in the Art of Writing)