I turn sentences around. That’s my life. I write a sentence and then I turn it around. Then I look at it and I turn it around again. Then I have lunch. Then I come back in and write another sentence. Then I have tea and turn the new sentence around. Then I read the two sentences over and turn them both around. Then I lie down on my sofa and think. Then I get up and throw them out and start from the beginning. And if I knock off from this routine for as long as a day, I’m frantic with boredom . . .

Be Visionary ...

You are what you write.

I should be writing ...

Everything is research.

Live first, write second.

I read your diary. I KNOW.

Writing starts with living.

Beware of being only a writer.

Writers are born, not created.

Nothing is louder than silence.

Writing is the act of discovery.

Too many irons, not enough fire.

Writing only leads to more writing.

I feel the most alive when I write.