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What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.
The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for read more
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.
Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.
Everything without tells the individual that he is nothing; everything within persuades him that he is everything.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.