I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

La mitad de la belleza depende del paisaje y la otra mitad de quien mira.

The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.

Waandishi wanapaswa kuwa wadadisi, kama paka, ijapokuwa udadisi ni hatari.

Sometimes I dream so vividly, so expectantly, I wonder if I'm crazy...

Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write.

Books have power to bring you glory or doom, it all depends on perception.

But writers and their woes: they couldn't be parted. Not for anything.

No matter what level of success, there is no such thing as a secure write

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does

I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration.

Come, let’s be calm: no one incapable of restraint was ever a writer.

Writers strive for the impossible: perfection. Even the universe is flawed.

Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.

If pens doubled as bullets, I bet few writers would want to write about war.