The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

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

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

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

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

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

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have read more

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

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.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for read more

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more

The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.