“Good writing is good conversation, only more so.”
“You can't write ... on the strength of influence. You can only write a good story or a good novel by yourself.”
“The more I write the more I learn about writing. It is easy to say what looks good or sound good on paper until you experience it for yourself.”
“A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.”
“Ah, good conversation — there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.”
“Evil is powerful, but good is more powerful. In fact, evil is so powerful that only good has the power to overcome evil. Darkness can be driven away only by light.”