I lived to write, and wrote to live

I lived to write, and wrote to live

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.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

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.