Bookish Ambition

"Writing is the first step of the journey. Rewriting completes it." —Mike Rich * Bike and biplane bookplate by Kamil Lhot...

"I never have found out all I want to know about writing and realize I never will." — Lloyd Alexander * Cannon with bird...

"Voice is like an accent. You never hear your own. But that doesn't mean you don't have one."  — S.P. Bowers Color l...

"It's only by actually going through a volume of work that...the work you are making will be as good as your ambitions." — Ir...

 "The only writer to whom I should be comparing myself is the writer I was yesterday."  — Emma Dryden Art Nouveau style boo...

“If you can look at your earlier work and cringe a little, that means you’ve improved.” — Dan Santat * Library Trees bookplate by Melan...

"You really can accomplish a lot if you are willing to get up out of your chair, change your environment, and act out scenes in your bo...