If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
In plain words
If the book you want doesn't exist yet, you're the one who gets to write it.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- From Morrison's talk at the Ohio Arts Council annual meeting, Cincinnati, Sept 1981, reported in The Cincinnati Enquirer (Sept 27, 1981), 'Writing Is Third Career For Morrison,' p. 11. Wikiquote Quotes section (not the unsourced 'variants' entry).
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