“The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.”— Bill Watterson Related Quotes “I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name.”— Lois McMaster Bujold “Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.”— Robert Penn Warren “The only thing you should have to do is find work you love to do. And I can’t imagine living without having loved a person. A man, in my case. It could be a woman, but whatever. I think, what I always tell kids when they get out of class and ask, ‘What should I do now?’ I always say, ‘Keep a low overhead. You’re not going to make a lot of money.’ And the next thing I say: ‘Don’t live with a person who doesn’t respect your work.’ That’s the most important thing—that’s more important than the money thing. I think those two things are very valuable pieces of information.”— Grace Paley