Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
Ann PatchettArt stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.
Ann PatchettIf what we want to do is promote reading and writing and publishing and making sure this is a business that keeps going - because it is a business! It's not just an art - then we have to take responsibility. I get sort of crazy and frothy when I think about this. It really matters.
Ann Patchett