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

No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.

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

Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.

There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.

Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.