“Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.”

“It's easy, after all, not to be a writer. Most people aren't writers, and very little harm comes to them.”

“Many writers do little else but sit in small rooms recalling the real world.”

“My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.”

“There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer is gentle and kindly where another man is severe and unkind.”

“Whales have calves,
Cats have kittens
Bears have Cubs,
Bats have bittens,
Swans have cygnets,
Seals have puppies,
But guppies just have little guppies.”

“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.”

“When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.”

“The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.”

“Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.”