Writing, for me, has to do with liberty of mind. The liberty to intuit, assess, be surprised, even to be ashamed and reconsider. To feel the integrit…

- Laurie Sheck

Writing involves an acceptance of being on the margin, the threshold, a galvanization out of received notions into a more activated, kinetic, often p…

- Laurie Sheck

Images work on so many different levels. As a writer you feel them, try not to get in their way or narrow them down to anything other or less complex…

- Laurie Sheck

One of the beautiful things about writing is that it offers an inner life that's disciplined and at the same time wild. Not in any way servile or sub…

- Laurie Sheck

Disability strips away complacency. Affliction is brutal, but it can also push vital questions to the fore. The afflicted body becomes a site of othe…

- Laurie Sheck