You must avoid giving hostages to fortune, like getting an expensive wife, an expensive house, and a style of living that never lets you aford the time to take the chance to write what you wish.

The writer works in a lonely way.

A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

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.

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

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

I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans