“Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.”

“I don't want to be a writer so I can write about my life. I want to be a writer to escape from it.

+ Then you shouldn't be a writer.”

“You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer.”

“If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”

“1) Writers who write for other writers should write letters.”

“It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.”

“Men like women who write, even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country.”

“I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.”

“Distractions have never prevented a Writing Writer Who Writes from writing; distractions are an excuse proffered by Non-Writing Non-Writers Who are Not-Writing for why they are not writing.”

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.”