Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.

First fight. Then fiddle.

I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.

Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get.

I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.

at a certain moment in social proceedings, I am on FIRE to leave: I have a leaving-FIT.

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.