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

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

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

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.

I lived to write, and wrote to live

I lived to write, and wrote to live

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a read more

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can read more

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear, which is inherent in a human condition

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

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.

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.