"Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation"

-- May Sarton

#Revision Quotes #Creation Quotes #Process Quotes

“I grew up in North Devon, by the sea, and feel a special affinity for the landscape there, despite a lack of actual ancestry.”
“When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated.”
“Violence is not necessary to destroy a civilization. Each civilization dies from indifference toward the unique values which created it.”
“Math-thinking, I would say, encourages flipping and substituting letters in words (in the novel, one of the boys double-majors in math and myth, for example, and his twin cracks a joke about the father's handwriting that morphs "cacography" into "dadography").”
“Farewells can be shattering, but returns are surely worse. Solid flesh can never live up to the bright shadow cast by its absence. Time and distance blur the edges; then suddenly the beloved has arrived, and it's noon with its merciless light, and every spot and pore and wrinkle and bristle stands clear.”
“The ocean has always been a salve to my soul.”
“Never mind about 1066 William the Conqueror, 1087 William the Second. Such things are not going to affect one?s life...but 1932 the Mars Bar and 1936 Maltesers and 1937 the Kit Kat - these dates are milestones in history and should be seared into the memory of every child in the country.”
“I have to go on writing because I wouldn't be able to go on without writing. It is the only function that works for me, and without that function, I would die.”

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