“Remember that writing is translation, and the opus to be translated is yourself.”

“Don't write about Man; write about a man.”

“An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.”

“Writing is both mask and unveiling.”

“Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.”

“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.”

“I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that does not have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular.”