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.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.

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.

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.

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

I don't like to write, but I love to have written

I don't like to write, but I love to have written

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.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.