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.

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

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

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

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.

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.

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

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.