“Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.”

“If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

“writing about a writer's block is better than not writing at all”

“Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.”

“You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages.”

“Everything I do is because of writing. If I go for a walk, it’s because I’m thinking of writing. I go look at flowers, I go look at the garden, I go look at a museum, but it’s all coming back to writing. I don’t really do anything that isn’t about writing, and I don’t really know who I am if I’m not thinking about writing.”

“I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up.”

“Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.”

“The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.”

“I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.”