“It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it.”

“When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.”

“More than all the thoughts and feelings I have written down. I don't pretend to be a poet. I feel happy enough when someone is willing to read what I have written.”

“It's always possible to wake someone from sleep, but no amount of noise will wake someone who is pretending to be asleep.”

“I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.”

“I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don’t hurt me, because it is me. If it was not me, if I was pretending to be someone else, then this could unbalance my world, but I know who I am.”

“There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.”

“I was always pretending to be someone else… historical characters, all those I invented for myself…I act even to this day…It's the old imagination working, a kind of make believe.”

“Now, I recognize that these are very real possibilities." I said. "But let's pretend for a second that they aren't.”

“I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing the habit of believing.”