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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the read more

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.