I'm blessed in my good friends, and some of them happen to be writers, though that's almost never what our friendships are about. And every writer I've ever read, living or dead, has in one way or another helped and inspired. I have a feeling it's important not to mix the two up.
Ali SmithTo be known so well by someone is an unimaginable gift. But to be imagined so well by someone is even better.
Ali Smith