It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.

Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.

Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion that one needs.

There isn't, unfortunately, any way of discovering whether you can write a publishable novel except by writing it.

I've no desire to be ill-dressed; but I hate the feeling that I daren't be ill-dressed if I want to.

Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour.

As soon as you successful, people will get jealous and become your enemy

Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.

Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for go live with a car battery.

Don't talk to strangers. Sure, unless you want to meet anyone ever.

How awful is that hour when con, science stings.

Nobody can be perfect unless he admits his faults, but if he has faults how can he be perfect?

To be influenced by a magazine and, say, a Swedish theme, unless it resonates with you, it seems kind of odd and influenced.

It's an old axiom of mine: marry your enemies and behead your friends.

That's the hardest part of this whole process. The best part is picking the players and the worst part is telling basically five players they are not going to play tonight.

I think a man is a man, and a man has a hairy chest, so let that be!