“A day in which I don't write leaves a taste of ashes.”
“I don't like the taste it leaves in my mouth. ... Besides, OJ tastes better.Is that supposed to be a pun? If so, I'm telling on you.”
“The only characters I ever don't like are ones that leave no impression on me. And I don't write characters that leave no impression on me.”
“Dead or not, he must taste my Sarah's ashes.”
“why won't they leave mealone?don't they realize Ihave atinder heartand apaper bodyand thatany sparkwill turn mestraight to ash?”
“Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.”