“Focusing on a writer’s life undermines the power of that writer’s ideas.”

“Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing - for life itself is a writer's love until death.”

“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.”

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

“One gloomy and pessimistic writer with a powerful style affects a whole generation of writers, who in turn affect almost every educated person in the country.”

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

“Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -”

“There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.”

“When you consider that there are a thousand ways to express even the simplest idea, it is no wonder writers are under a great strain. Writers care greatly how a thing is said — it makes all the difference.”

“That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all.”