“...when the room goes silent, someone has spoken with authority...”

“...when your heart is broken, don't go silent - speak to God in his own language...”

“...when you enter a room, my wound opens, but there is light, always light, when you come in...”

“...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....”

“...if you're an artist, you've submitted to authority...”

“...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...”

“...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent...”