Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of all this restlessness? I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

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

It is exciting to write about the present once one gets beyond the trivia of the moment. As a time to live in, as a time to think about, the present is intriguing.

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

Boredom provides a stronger inclination to write than anything.

Think of many things. Never place your happiness in one person's power. Be just to yourself.