Each book is a different staging post on the writer's journey, and each book stands by itself, regardless of the writer's relationship to it. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Regardless of whether one is a writer or a reader, one's task consists first of all in mastering a life that is one's own, not imposed or prescribed from without, no matter how noble its appearance may be. For each… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
