A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.

A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.

After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.

That's all we have, finally, the words, and they had better be the right ones.

One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.

I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.

I just write what I wanted to write I write what amuses me It s totally for myself

(T)hey were at ease with each other, which was essential to a productive workshop.

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

They say living well is the best revenge but sometimes writing well is even better.

For me, I think it was a little easier to write thinking that nobody was listening.