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

“Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say.
Of course those who write short books have even less to say.”

“To those who no longer have a homeland, writing becomes home”

“Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters.”

“There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject’s sake, and those who write for writing’s sake. The first kind have had thoughts or experiences which seem to them worth communicating, while the second kind need money and consequently write for money.”

“Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.”

“I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.”

“All those who actually live the mysteries of life haven't the time to write, and all those who have the time don't live them! D'you see?”

“Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.”

“Emerson writes in his Journal that all men try their hands at poetry, but few know which their poems are. The poets are not those who write poems, but those who know which of the things they write are poems.”