“If they give you lined paper, write the other way.”
“If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”
“. . if you are given lined paper, write crosswise. At least occassionally.”
“There are two moments worthwhile in writing, the one when you start and the other when you throw it in the waste-paper basket.”
“One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.”
“I still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line...”