Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world.

Hitch your unconscious mind to your writing arm.

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

So long as new ideas are created, sales will continue to reach new highs.

If you can discover what you like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique.