Ann Leckie Quotes

I hope to be with you as a writer for a very long time, and I hope that you will enjoy reading my work, because readers are the highest form of life on this planet.

What we [writers] do might be done in solitude and with great desperation, but it tends to produce exactly the opposite. It tends to produce community and in many people hope and joy.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

I'm just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we're all going through something together, I think you smile after that - I hope that people leave inspired after one of my shows.

Every day, every time I sing, I feel blessed, really, to be able to do that. It's like having wings, in a way. It's a bit like flying sometimes, because you go off into another realm. And a whole lot of people come with you. It's amazing.

Talking to fans has really blown my mind. It's made me so happy to know my work has touched people.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is truly inspiring to see that. My love for the country starts with them.

I love playing for people.

Write what you love. Love will hold you through the hard times and hold the world during the good times.

Knowing that people make my songs their own is what keeps me going.

One of the things I have become aware of through the years is how much I love the people I write about.

What I treasure most at any moment is intimacy, surprise, a sense of mystery, wit, depth and love. A handful of cherished friends offer me this, and the occasional singer or film-maker or artist. But my most reliable sources of electricity are Henry David Thoreau, Shakespeare, Melville and Emily Dickinson.

I love musicians. I think artists are the most amazing people because they're constantly creating beauty for the world. With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, then there's artists reminding us of our humanity and reminding us of our heart and soul and what really matters.

The best thing is being able to perform in front of people and to express my feelings, whatever they may be at the time. Just to be able to make the world a happier place to be.

I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.

Thank God for the theater.

I have to tell you that I love people. When I see the kids coming up and see what they have done with the music, it's amazing.

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.

My wife, Keisha, came home once, and I had these violinists playing for her, and I'd prepared dinner for her, and I write poems. She's pretty amazing, so I like to celebrate that. She's really taught me how to celebrate life; that's something I've learned.

I wanted to write about the things that I love.

Seeing our kids' beautiful, colorful art hung on the wall brightens my heart and our home.

I sing because I love it. People may come to my shows because they are curious about 'Wonder Woman' but I hope they return because they enjoy my singing.

The artists that I relate to and love the most are the ones where I can listen to the record, and I can know them better, and for me, that's writing it.