Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

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.

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 have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is read more

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they read more

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is read more

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average