To be alive and to be a ‘writer’ is enough.

The mind I love must have wild places.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.

There are always these moments in life when the limits of suffering are reached and we become heroes and heroines.

The great thing to remember is we can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough.

I must say, I hate money. But it's the lack of it I hate most.