“Every writer I know has trouble writing. ”

“An editor is a person who knows more about writing than writers do but who has escaped the terrible desire to write.”

“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.”

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer, life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.”

“As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the writer is 'hot', an invisible wall seems to fall away, and the writer moves easily and surely from one kind of reality to another... Every writer has experienced at least moments of this strange, magical state. Reading student fiction one can spot at once where the power turns on and where it turns off, where the writer writes from 'inspiration' or deep, flowing vision, and where he had to struggle along on mere intellect.”

“To be a good writer... read a lot and write every day.”