The Power Writers' motto is: "If you don't learn how to write your own life story, someone else will write it for you."

VOA: special.2009.04.27

Some guardians also learn to read and write so they can keep records of their work.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

"I realized that if I was going to write, what I was going to have to do instead was to write what I was willing to learn instead of what I knew.

VOA: special.2009.10.12