You write a hit play the same way you write a flop.

What can I tell you, except the stupid little I know?

I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in.

We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said.

The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as it is. The way and shape of the thing no less than the thing itself.

Even after you've won fame and fortune, every time you write you've got to write, there's no shortcut, you have to start your career all over again.