A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others.

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

I tell you, if one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then. Many people think that th…

:are distinguished by the fact that they can live with anxiety, even though a high price may be paid in terms of insecurity, sensitivity, and defenselessness f…

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.