Memory is an illusion, nothing more. It is a fire that needs constant tending.
My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I finish, the idea lets go and runs off.
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college.
You're either in love with what you do, or you're not in love.
It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.
What should I do?" "Throw up in your typewriter every morning." "Yeah." "Clean up every noon.