I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember read more

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.

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 making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

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 an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. read more

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness