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.
I am forced to say that I have many fiercer critics than myself.
Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing
At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
The writer works in a lonely way.
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