If a young aspirant had a modicum of skill and a busy typewriter she or he would sooner or later get a foothold in one of the magazines and a leaping start on the ladder upward.

The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.

We are never prepared for what we expect.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.