The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are.

I felt a bit bookish, cut off from life.

... bums on the outside, libraries inside.

There is only one type of story in the world-your story.

I don't tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will.

Everyone has a telephone. Whether they can afford it or not. It's one of those things that people have, regardless of their income.