Amor animi arbitrio sumitu, non ponitur; we choose to love; we do not choose to cease loving.
Lauren GroffI've always relied on producing more material than I need. With each of my published novels I've written around four times the amount of material that's ended up in the book.
Lauren GroffI think attempting to make art is a utopian process in itself, definitely. Nothing I do is ever equal to the ideas in my head. You do the best you can, you do it with patience and love, and then you give up. The moment you give up is when you know the book is done.
Lauren Groff