“...wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit...”

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

“...some writers closet themselves - I write wherever I am because that's where life is happening ...”

“...freedom of conscience does not mean being uncontrolled - we have to control ourselves and at times submit to others...”

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

“...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...”