The words of the bards come down the centuries to us, warm with living breath.

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head.

People can think only in images. If you want to be a philosopher, write novels.

Bedtime is daytime, and we come into bloom after midnight.

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

The sooner you finish procrastinating, the sooner you can get back to your art.

There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.

Penicillin was as liberating for gay sex as the pill had been for straight sex.

I swooned again – I had that moment of falling in love with reading again.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.

A book is a place where my reality, escapism, hope, despair, love and death lie.

I'm not gonna lie...sometimes this whole writing thing is a lonely business.

If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me? I owe it so much.

What you really want is all too often hidden just behind what you think you want.

If words come alive on the page, the writer succeeds in connecting to the reader.