Every word first looks around in every direction before letting itself be written down by me.

Fancies are like shadows...you can't cage them, they're such wayward, dancing things.

Sesungguhnya, penulis yang bersemangat jauh lebih menjanjikan daripada penulis yang berbakat.

Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to endure the life of the writer.

Words bounce. Words, if you let them, will do what they want to do and what they have to do.

Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others.

It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.

You know you’re writing well when you’re throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.

The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.

Never let negativity derail your journey as a writer. Use the energy for your own betterment.

I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.

Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it; but it takes brains to build a house.

True ease in writing comes from art not chance As those move easiest who have learned to dance

After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.

A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.