“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.”

“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.”

“I don't think I could love you if your nose fell off because you wouldn't take reasonable care of it.”

“Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!”

“Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.”

“We are not written for one instrument alone; I am not, neither are you.”

“Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.”