“Writers are archeologists of themselves.”
“You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.”
“If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”
“Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.”
“down below the mines and sea ooze and fake fossil bones put there by a Creator with nothing better to do than upset archeologists and give them silly ideas.”
“I always wanted to be a writer, and I always wrote something – stories, poetry, articles, newsletters, letters. Most writers can't help themselves! It's a compulsion.”