"The creative adult is the child who has survived." — Julian Fleron

"I . . . a universe of atoms . . . an atom in the universe." — Richard Feynman

"The truth is that writing is the profound pleasure and being read the superficial." — Virginia Woolf

https://chireviewofbooks.com/2018/03/05/8-writing-tips-from-jeff-vandermeer/

“I saw that women don’t have to write about what men write about, or write what men think they want to read. I saw that women have whole areas of experience men don’t have—and that they’re worth writing and reading about.” —Ursula K. Le Guin

"To photograph is to hold one’s breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It’s at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy" — Henri Cartier-Bresson

Substitute "write" for "photograph".

"Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it’s not satire, it’s bullying." — Terry Pratchett