You don't have to destroy me. Do you?

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.

It's enough for you to do it once for a few men to remember you. But if you do it year after year, then many people remember you and they tell it to their children, and their children and grandchildren remember and, if it concerns books, they can read them. And if it's good enough, it will last as long as there are human beings.

I do not need to get used to your silence. I already know it. I quite possibly love all of it.

Nobody knows what's in him until he tries to pull it out. If there's nothing, or very little, the shock can kill a man.

Everything is your fault if you're any damn good.