“Great writers create; writers of smaller gifts copy”

“It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. ”

“The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.”

“Well, you know when people are no good at anything else they become writers.”

“I would sooner a writer were vulgar than mincing; for life is vulgar, and it is life he seeks.”

“She was one of those writers, far from rare in the world of letters, who suppose that push and pull are an adequate substitute for talent...”

“It may be that in his rogues the writer gratifies instincts deep-rooted in him, which the manners and customs of a civilised world have forced back to the mysterious recesses of the subconscious. In giving to the character of his invention flesh and bones he is giving life to that part of himself which finds no other means of expression. His satisfaction is a sense of liberation. The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.”