I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on.

I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.

I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else.

One thing that helps is to give myself permission to write badly. I tell myself that I'm going to do my five or 10 pages no matter what, and that I can always tear them up the following morning if I want. I'll have lost nothing-writing and tearing up five pages would leave me no further behind than if I took the day off.

If you build a better mousetrap, Nature will build a better mouse.

To say I drank my way into marriage isn't much of an exaggeration, and it's none at all to say I drank my way out of it.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.