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

Those who say they want to be writers, and aren’t writing, don’t.

I used to play cello. My mother kept me out of school a whole year to study music and counterpoint. She thought I had ability, but I was absolutely without talent.

Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

Write the best story that you can and write it as straight as you can.

For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.

And if there is not any such thing as a long time, nor the rest of your lives, nor from now on, but there is only now, why then now is the thing to praise and I am very happy with it.