Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God."Aristotle

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

Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.

Art is the writer not having control, but the subject having control of the writer.

The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.

Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.

No iron can stab the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.

Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels.

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.

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

Writer's Block is just an excuse by people who don't write for not writing.

It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.