“Write to Please Yourself.When You write to Please OthersYou end up Pleasing No one.”

“The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.”

“Write what pleases you.If you please others in the process it's a bonus.”

“If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.”

“There is nothing sacred about literature, it is damned from one end to the other. There is nothing in literature but change and change is mockery. I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.”

“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write what pleases you and pray that there are others like you. Your first and most important reader is you. If you write a book that pleases you, at least you know one person will like it.”