The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.
Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.
A dog is a bond between strangers.
I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George.
There is no lostness like that which comes to a man when a perfect and certain pattern has dissolved about him.
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.