The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

I hate a cramp, he thought. It is a treachery of one's own body.

It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or to run guided tours through the more difficult country of his work. It's none of their business that you had to learn. Let them think you were born that way.

I don't like to write like God. It is only because you never do it, though, that the critics think you can't do it.

Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us.

Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

After writing a story I was always empty and both sad and happy, as though I had made love.