I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it is they are thinking about, what they may be afraid of. Sometimes writers write to solve a problem, to answer their own question. All these reasons are good reasons. And that is the most important thing I'll ever tell you. Maybe it is the most important thing you'll ever hear. Ever.


Word After Word After Word (ed. Harper Collins, 2011) - ISBN: 9780062080172

Patricia MacLachlan Quotes

I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it...

I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it...

I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it...

I, myself, write to change my life, to make it come out the way I want it to. But other people write for other reasons: to see more closely what it...