“Writing is not 'lonely work' but "alone work'; authors are known to be reclusive and like spending time with themselves.”

“We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.”

“Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you'd believe.”

“A celebrity is any well-known TV or movie star who looks like he spends more than two hours working on his hair.”

“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day.”