Planning to write is not writing.
And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.
Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
We are able to walk on air, but only as long as our illusion supports us.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.