No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.
Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.
The worst thing about jealousy is how low it makes you reach.
If we don't risk anything, we risk even more.
I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.
Writing has often been accompanied by terror, silences, and then wild bursts of private laughter that suddenly make all the dread seem worthwhile.