“Writing is a lonely pursuit. The only thing working is imagination and hands.The only difference between writing and masturbation is one is presumably intended for a mass audience.”
“You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen the things that intrigue you”
“You know, there is only one letter's difference between lonely and lovely," I told him once when he was down. "There is only one letter's difference between loner and loser," he retorted.”
“What is the difference between imaginative literature and other sorts of intellectual endeavor?" " Ones about masturbation and the other's about something 'bigger'." …csb”
“Write for the Audience of One”
“Masturbation, like writing, is best when your mind is working faster than your hand.”