“Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.”
“Most people don't notice what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: for God's sake, keep your eyes open.”
“But writers experience the world and themselves in a unique way. We look for meaning. We see it even when we are not paying attention, which is seldom because, as writers, paying attention is what we do. We are scribes to the ticking of the days, and we have a job to do. We are not at peace unless we are doing it.”
“Sometimes, people have a tendency not to notice someone who's always there, even if that person's the best thing for them.”
“For what’s a writer without longing?”
“I have always noticed that these artists and writers are very unbalanced”