The great writers just kept bringing them out. They didn't care if they repeated themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.