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

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.

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

Writing is finally play, and there's no reason why you should get paid for playing

If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship.

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