Quote Category

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile… a stain upon the silence.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.

Writing

Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in.

Writing

By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.

Writing

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

Writing

Even when I’m writing plays I enjoy having company and mentally I think of that company as the company I’m writing for.

Writing

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

Writing

I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.

Writing

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

Writing

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.