“Never underestimate a writer's vanity, especially that of a mediocre writer. (The Angel's Game)”
“Word to the wise writer...never underestimate your secondary characters! But watch them...they sneak off with stuff.”
“I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.”
“A writer's mind is a place where demons fight angels in disguise.”
“Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian writers have a way with aphorisms. They probably spend all winter thinking them up.”
“The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops.”