“The only good writer was a dead writer.”
“Bucky Katt: A bad writer is just a good writer with writer's block.”
“If you need drugs to be a good writer, you are not a good writer.”
“Honestly,” he says, “I judge writers on how they write queries. If you’re a good writer, you’re a good writer.” And if not, then not.”
“Thackeray's a good writer and Flaubert is a great artist. Trollope is a good writer and Dickens is a great artist. Colette is a very good writer and Proust is a great artist. Katherine Anne Porter was an extremely good writer and Willa Cather was a great artist.”
“Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.”