“Professional writers write to fit”
“What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.”
“Writers are professional eavesdroppers.”
“The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.”
“I'm a song writer, professional dreamer...”
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.”