I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

I think young people ought to seek that experience that is going to knock them off center.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewr…

People talk about talent as though it were some neutral substance that can be applied to anything. But talent is narrow and only functions with a very few subj…

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.