"I don't like coming home. It keeps me from being nostalgic, which by nature I am. Even before the plane begins its descent, I find myself dreading the questions left unanswered by my childhood. "
— Stewart O'Nan

"I carry it all with me, in the quiet pools and strong currents of my being. I fill my hands with the black dirt left by the river's birth. I believe that what I hold in my hands is memory: like the river, it takes what it touches, carrying it along until all that remains is the bed over which the water flows."
— Kim Barnes (In the Wilderness: Coming of Age in Unknown Country)

"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that."
— Stephen King