If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

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.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

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.