My favorite short-story writer is John Cheever
In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices
Critics in New York are made by their dislikes, not by their enthusiasms.
I don't think that the writer is regarded as a freak by Americans
Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own
An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.