There is no trick to it. If you like to write and want to write, you write, no matter where you are or what else you are doing or whether anyone pays any heed.

Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.

Use the smallest word that does the job.

I am still encouraged to go on. I wouldn't know where else to go.

Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound.

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.

It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.