Writing well means never having to say, "I guess you had to be there.

I edit my own stories to death. They eventually run and hide from me.

History, writing, infect after a time a man's sense of himself...

My asshole smells like a paper mill. Three cheers for being a writer.

Use all the ugliness you’re feeling to make something beautiful

Many people can and have written books, but many have nothing to say.

Writing is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living.

Writing is simply one thought after another dying upon the one before

To become successful, one must put themselves in the paths of giants!

Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.

nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing.

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

If writing didn't require thinking then we'd all be doing it.

It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.

...'being published’ is not the same as being a real writer.