“Being a writer is a good, good thing.”

“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you're not a good writer.”

“Being photographed does not make a man a good writer. It doesn't make a man anything.”

“A bad writer is just a good writer with writer's block.”

“The writer needs good works—good literary ones”

“A good book changing lives. A good writer inspires.”

“This is not going to be easy. I'm good at being bad, but I'm bad at being good. I don't know the first thing about good deeds.”

“Bad writers have influences. Good writers steal.”

“Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.”

“Good writers indulge their audience; great writers know better.”