Every story teaches me how to write it. Unfortunately, it doesn't teach me how to write the next one.
Reading Chekhov was just like the angels singing to me.
Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings.
One place understood helps us understand all places better
If you haven't surprised yourself, you haven't written.
Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.