An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

He is thinking quietly: I should not have got out of the habit of prayer.

I am not one of those women who can stand things.

The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't.

That's a very good way to learn the craft of writing - from reading.

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.