For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is read more

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.