“Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.”
“The truly great writer does not want to write: he wants the world to be a place in which he can life the life of the imagination. The first quivering word he puts to paper is the word of the wounded angel: pain.”
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”
“If the voices in your head make you cry, you're a lunatic. Put their words on paper, and you're a writer.”
“Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.”
“Being a writer is an amazing job, but we’re all writers, most of us just forget to put our stories down on paper.”