“Apparently I write as a hobby, payment appears to be out of the question.”

“Write what pleases you.If you please others in the process it's a bonus.”

“The Difference between Writers and Editors.Writers are creative using one end of a pencil.Editors are more adept using the opposite end.”

“Just recieved my manuscript from the editor and he didn't change a word. The word he didn't change was the.”

“Finding an Agent is not a problem.Finding a publisher is not a problem.Finding readers now that's a problem.”

“They looked cheerful in the photograph, Lenin and his wife. As though they had a new refrigerator in their drawing room, and a down payment on a DDA flat.”

“I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it.”