“I can’t and won’t write without hope.I’d rather never write again.”
“Why did he write to her, “I can’t live without you?” And why did she write to him “I can’t live without you?” For he went west and she went east and they both lived.”
“I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone.”
“You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation.”
“When I can’t write I read. When I can’t read I sleep. And when I can’t sleep I write.”
“Why write wrong if the writing won’t right the wrong? (90)”