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 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.

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.

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Don't get it right, just get it written

Don't get it right, just get it written

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form read more

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

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.