I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.

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

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various

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

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy.

In a novel, it's hard to keep track of everybody