We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves. — Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves. — Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves. — Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves. — Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves. — Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
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We write not just to show off, not just to tell, or only to have written. We write to know ourselves.

— Jane Yolen, Take Joy: A Writer's Guide to Loving the Craft
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