“Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.”

“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”

“Writing can be learned, but not taught.”

“There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured...the only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked to him with a stick. If you disturb the patient at such time, he may break into tears or become violent.”

“when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.”

“Yield to temptation...it may not pass your way again!”

“If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”