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

In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75

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

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it

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

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

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