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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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