"If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves."

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.

God forgives those who invent what they need.

"Nothing you write, if you hope to be good, will ever come out as you first hoped."

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.