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Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for read more
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all read more
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in read more
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it
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.