The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.

Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.

Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write.

a true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

You’re a mess, I confess, I despise you in the best kind of way.

if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading.

Perhaps if I make myself write I shall find out what is wrong with me.

My worst flaw is that I tell secrets, my own and everybody else's.

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy

The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never existed.

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.

Real writers are those who want to write, need to write, have to write.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race

Storytellers are individuals who enjoy creating a holiday for the mind.