If there were no hell, we would be like the animals. No hell, no dignity.
Elizabeth Hardwick told me once that all her first drafts sounded as if a chicken had written them. So do mine for the most part.
Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it.
Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.
Remember that you don't write a story because you have an idea but because you have a believable character.