“When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off.”
“There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go mad, or die.”
“Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.”
“If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.”
“Why else do we write and write except to move our readers?”
“Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.”