If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer

A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.

People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.

The last paragraph in which you tell what the story is about is almost always best left out.