“Writers are often asked, How do you write? With a word processor? an electric typewriter? a quill? longhand? But the essential question is, ‘Have you found a space, that empty space, which should surround you when you write?’ Into that space, which is like a form of listening, of attention, will come the words, the words your characters will speak, ideas – inspiration. If a writer cannot find this space, then poems and stories may be stillborn.” (Doris Lessing)         

“Those who can’t feel the littleness of the great things in themselves, are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.” (Kakuzo Okakura)