Lauren Gray

"An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself."
Charles Dickens

One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it’s wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone tries to see the truth in it.

—Scarlett Thomas (via amandaonwriting)

(Source: amandaonwriting, via teachingliteracy)

You know, before I was paid to be a writer, people thought I was crazy to just go on these little missions of things that would interest me. But now that I get paid to do it, people say, ‘Oh how interesting.’ So, I think that’s really the difference between being a writer and a crackpot.

—John Waters (via amandaonwriting)