Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he read more

Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised; the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous; the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.

Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.