“It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.”

“When I meet a new person, I like to take them in, give them a damn good staring at, and check my files for references.”

“When you feel the need to write a comment, first try to refactor the code so that any comment becomes superfluous.”

“When you feel the need to write a comment, first try to refactor the code so that any comment becomes superfluous.”

“I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.”

“The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there are. There aren't any. Most of the writers are likeable frauds. Some are unlikable frauds.”

“Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.”

“I'd have to kill Dimitri for real this time and lose any chance I might have to bring back my prince. Damn. It's a good thing I work well under pressure.”

“Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.”

“Tell, rather than write, because I have nothing to write with and writing is in any case forbidden. But if it’s a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. You don’t tell a story only to yourself. There’s always someone else.
Even when there is no one.”