Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

Actually if a writer needs a dictionary he should not write. He should have read the dictionary at least three times from beginning to end and then have loaned it to someone who needs it. There are only certain words which are valid and similes (bring me my dictionary) are like defective ammunition (the lowest thing I can think of at this time).

My writing is nothing, my boxing is everything.

The fish is my friend too...I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars. Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. But imagine if a man each day should have to try to kill the sun? We were born lucky; he thought

My heart's broken,' he thought. 'If I feel this way my heart must be broken.

Do not worry. You have always written before and you will write now.