The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

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 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.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

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

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

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.

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.