“The easier a thing is to write then the more the writer gets paid for writing it. (And vice versa: ask the poets at the bus stop.)”
“The real is the poem. Hence, for the poet—our figure for the writer as artist—to write is to get real.”
“Writing doesn’t get easier with experience. The more you know, the harder it is to write.”
“A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.”
“Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa.”
“I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.”