W. Alexander | Writer

“The religion of one age is the
literary entertainment of the next. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

“Forget wondering, Am I good enough? Can I do this? The only thing you really need to ask yourself is: Is writing my genius? If it is, then apprentice yourself.”
― Kim Addonizio, Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within

“The artists who copied Rembrandt did so to learn about painting, not to be lesser versions of the master. They imitated as a way of looking closely, and then used what they had learned to develop their own work, brushstroke by brushstroke. Line by line, you can do the same.”
― Kim Addonizio, Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within

“Reading is like food to a writer; without it, the writer part of you will die—or become spindly and stunted.”
― Kim Addonizio, Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within