“And so I just kept writing to myself.”
“I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself”
“There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure.”
“I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.”
“I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself. I never in my wildest dreams expected this popularity.”
“If one thing was perfectly, crystalline clear, it was that I could take care of myself. I just kept coming and coming and coming. I was what I was.”