There is no such thing as great writing - there is only great re-writing!
How little we know of what there is to know.
Oh, now, now, now, the only now, and above all now, and there is no other now but thou now and now is thy prophet.
You are all a lost generation. [with credit to Gertrude Stein]
My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.
I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply?