To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.

- Pat Schneider

A writer is someone who writes!

- Pat Schneider

Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.

- Pat Schneider

And what is more generous than a window?

- Pat Schneider

When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.

- Pat Schneider

Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public re…

- Pat Schneider

If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which prot…

- Pat Schneider

Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.

- Pat Schneider