“To be alive and to be a ‘writer’ is enough.”
“The problem with being a writer is that it’s not enough to be a writer; one must also be seen to be a writer.”
“There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.”
“The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone.”
“If a book is not alive in the writer's mind, it is as dead as year-old horse shit.”
“Love is not enough to keep any of us alive.”