“Everyone in the world should read this book... We should read it to learn about the world and what it means to be human. ”

“Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.”

“You can go a surprisingly long time without figuring out the kind of person you are and in what direction your life is taking you.”

“It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. It feels like unspeakably wild sex. So, think: When you feel the overpowering need to go out and find some unspeakably wild sex, do you rush to tell your mom about it?”

“Wake up! Keep waking up! Wake up more and more often!”

“The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to buy;The books that people talk about we never can recall;And the books that people give us, oh, they're the worst of all.”

“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”