“Writing is a process of self-discovery. If you are honest, you are forced to confront the part of yourself that you always have a tendency to run away from.”

–AUGUST WILSON

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the “theater’s poet of Black America”. He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle, which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century. Wikipedia

“How do I write? Expand, expand, cut, cut, expand, expand, cut, cut. Do not trust spontaneous first drafts. You can always write more fully. The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that’s saying a lot.”

–ANNE SEXTON

Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928 – October 4, 1974) was an American poet known for her highly personal, confessional verse. She won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1967 for her book Live or Die. Wikipedia