Write drunk; edit sober.

You must be prepared to work always without applause.

The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.

That terrible mood of depression of whether it's any good or not is what is known as The Artist's Reward.

It's silly not to hope. It's a sin he thought.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.