“There are a lot of writers, but only one YOU.”
“Writers aren't exactly people.They're a whole lot of people,trying to be one person.”
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
“Solitude, competitiveness and grief are the unavoidable lot of a writer only when there is no organization or network to which he can turn.”
“Being a writer is a lot like being a mother, only books don't talk back when they get older.”
“There is only one person who needs to be convinced that you're a writer. That would be you.”