“There isn't, unfortunately, any way of discovering whether you can write a publishable novel except by writing it.”

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

“There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.”

“What is the best way to write? Each of us has to discover her own way by writing. Writing teaches writing. No one can tell you your own secret. ”

“Every novel is like this, desperation, a frustrated attempt to save something of the past. Except that it still has not been established whether it is the novel that prevents man from forgetting himself or the impossibility of forgetfulness that makes him write novels.”

“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I have the talent to do it.I'm going to do it because I have something important to say to the world.I refuse to let anything get in my way.”