“If you can't stand your own company alone in a room for long hours, or, when it gets tough, the feeling of being in a locked cell, or, when it gets tougher still, the vague feeling of being buried alive--then don't be a writer.”
“When things are tough, you get tougher.”
“How nice-to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
“How nice -- to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
“How nice—to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”
“Being a writer is a lot like being a mother, only books don't talk back when they get older.”