“There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them.”

“Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk with self-repression, and they will write because they cannot help it.”

“Personally, I like books that make you think – books you’re still wondering about three days after you finish them; books you hand to a friend and say “Read this, so we can talk about it”. I suppose I’m just writing the kind of novel I like to read”

“Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. ”

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

“With these three qualities, it cannot be made the subject of description; and hence we blend them together and obtain The One.”