“A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.”
“A smiling, bantering, humouring, watchful and incessant lie. A lie by day, a lie by night, a lie in every touch and every look; a lie in every caress and every quarrel; a lie in every word and in every silence.”
“Every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’."(on Lillian Hellman)”
“I think that dying is the easy part of life; for in waking each day and living in every moment, therein lies the challenge”
“Every comforting word is a command from a man of action...While every word of command is commotion from a man of just words...”
“Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.”