Parenting Quote by Kim Stafford

“Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.”

— J.H. Glaze

“When I write, I try to represent the voices of people I've known who had no voice.”

— Carla H. Krueger

“The place to practice author's voice is everywhere.”

— Victory Crayne

“Teachers need to sit with their journal and write in the voice of that teenager. Write and remember. That’s who we teach!”

— Penny Kittle

“He was like my father. They each wanted me to be their audience, to hear the things they needed to express.”

— Richard Ford

“The writer's voice, the honesty and candor that is present in that voice, is what must be written upon the page.”

— Edmond Rostand

“A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used. Powerlessness and silence go together.”

— Margaret Atwood

“Make sure you write it all down, now. Everything you see and think and feel. Your voice is your own, it matters.”

— Kate Morton

“Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.”

— Arnost Lustig

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“We get our voice from the voices of others. Read promiscuously. Imitate, copy, but become your own voice.”

— Colum McCann

“His greatest lesson was the one he never said out loud, the thing a father should do, which is this: Be there. Always be…

— Harrison Scott Key