“Writing fiction for money is a mug's game.”
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
“All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point — a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
“People without hope do not write novels … [Writing fiction] is a plunge into reality and it’s very shocking to the system. If the novelist is not sustained by a hope of money, then he must be sustained by a hope of salvation, or he simply won’t survive the ordeal.”
“Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.”
“I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.”