Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.

I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

In matters like writing and painting, a man does what he has to do - if he has to write, why then, he writes; and if he doesn't feel the urgent need of writing, there are dozens of professions in which it is easier to earn a comfortable living.

Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.