The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle.

You're always being judged. No matter what you do, it's not the right thing. If you didn't become successful, then you'd be pointed at as one of those creatures down their who didn't take advantage of this or that, who didn't climb and rise and so forth.

My parents were teachers and they went out of their way to see to it that I had books. We grew up in a home that was full of books. And so I learned to read. I loved to read.

We all suffer. If a man's wise, he learns from it.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years.

I tell younger writers that indeed it is devastating to be rejected. You feel like the bottom dropped out of your world.