Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.

When you believe you've become the best writer you can be… you still aren’t.

Here are the Ten Commandments for a writer: Create, Create, Create, Create, Create, Create...

Quello che dovremmo capire è che noi siamo tutta la storia, non solo quel personaggio.

A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing.

To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you.

Spisovateľ je človek, ktorému nestačia knihy tých druhých.

My cat’s favorite chew toy is a pen. I’d wager that he is a better writer than me.

A bad handwriting is as annoying to a reader … as an irritating voice is to a listener.

A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.

I write because I have to; because I wouldn't know what to do with my hands if I didn't.

She is a writer, what the fuck do you expect from her other than passion, truth and goddam soul?

A masterpiece does not unfurl its wings immediately. It takes time. It will fly when it is ready.

Nothing fills the world quite as poetry does. A poet need not dwell on the pagecount of his life.

All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.