“Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.”

“Hardly anyone still reads nowadays. People make use of the writer only in order to work off their own excess energy on him in a perverse manner, in the form of agreement or disagreement.”

“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.”

“In every man's writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.”

“Writers turn dreams into print.”

“You’re familiar with the phrase «Man’s reach exceeds his grasp»? It’s a lie. Man’s grasp exceeds his nerve. ”

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”

“Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.”

“There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.”

“Write a thousand words a day and in three years you'll be a writer!”