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

New York is an ugly city, a dirty city... But there is one thing about it. Once you have lived in New York and it has become your home, no place else is good enough.

Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

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.

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