Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

Of course, the greater one's need, the greater one's propensity to be mesmerized.

You can talk good ideas out of existence.

For a writer, obsession is a good substitute for self-discipline.

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.