Saul Bellow Quotes on Writing
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There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.
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I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'
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It's hard for writers to get on with their work if they are convinced that they owe a concrete debt to experience and cannot allow themselves the privilege of ranging freely through social classes and professional specialties. A certain pride in their own experience, perhaps a sense of the property rights of others in their experience, holds them back.
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You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.