(on teaching writing) So many writers come to class with one question dominant in their mind, 'How do I make a living from this?' It's a fair enough question and one I always try to answer well - but it saddens me that it so often overshadows the more relevant questions of 'why am I writing' and 'what am I saying' and 'how do I keep it honest.
~ Celine Kiernan
It is as though the human race is always only waiting for permission to hate.
When we’ve decided to tell the truth in a story, we should tell good, strong versions of it, proper versions that kids can do something with.
