“The only good writer was a dead writer.”

“A good writer always works at the impossible.”

“A writer of stories is a liar.”

“In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable... The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.”

“The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer.”

“Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.”

“Unless a writer's capable of solitude, he should leave books alone and go into the theater.”