“There is nothing you can do except try to write it the way that it was. So you must write each day better than you possibly can and use the sorrow that you have now to make you know how the early sorrow came. And you must always remember the things you believed because if you know them they will be there in the writing and you won’t betray them. The writing is the only progress you make.”
“You write a hit play the same way you write a flop”
“You cannot write for children. They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. ”
“Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice”
“You don't have to get into writing – it's not like a pair of jeans... The only way to write is to write – the rest may or not follow.”