“It is by sitting down to write every morning that one becomes a writer.”
“Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake. ”
“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!”
“Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.”
“One writer I know tells me that he sits down every morning and says to himself nicely, "It's not like you don't have a choice, because you do-- you can either type or kill yourself.”
“There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.”