Don't write about Man; write about a man.

When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.

Write about it by day and dream about it by night.

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone.

Shocking writing is like murder: the questions the jury must decide are the questions of motive and intent.

All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.