Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day.

While I'm working on a book, I rarely read anything more than The New York Times. Which may have the long-term effect of flattening my style.

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.

The great power in America is the corporations - we`re a corporate country. We`re run by a CEO and the stockholders have very little to say on how the corporation is run. Fine, the board of directors run it and the stockholders can just be disgruntled, but who gives a damn?

Over the years, I've found one rule. It is the only one I give on those occasions when I talk about writing. A simple rule. If you tell yourself you are going to be at your desk tomorrow, you are by that declaration asking your unconscious to prepare the material. You are, in effect, contracting to pick up such valuables at a given time. Count on me, you are saying to a few forces below: I will be there to write.

The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.