"Pay attention to the world."
Susan Sontag
"Know that you have talent, are original, and have something important to say."
Brenda Ueland
"A word after a word after a word is power."
Margaret Atwood
"Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity."
Aaron Swartz
"To write is to carve a new path through the terrain of the imagination.... To read is to travel through that terrain with the author as guide...."
Rebecca Solnit
"A civilized person is one who is able, at all times and in all places, to recognize the humanity of others fully."
Tzvetan Todorov
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world ... are the ones who do."
Steve Jobs
