“....and on occasion I like to write in pencil, because I need to know that I can erase the words, even if I never do.”
“I don't want to be pencilled in anywhere, pencil can be erased.”
“When I erase a word with a pencil, where does it go?”
“Sometimes I wish life was written pencil so we could erase it and write it all over again.”
“I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.”
“Well, I would hardly say I do write as yet. But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.”