Thought is action in rehearsal.

Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.

A writer is always working.

There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.

To defend what you've written is a sign that you are alive.

There are all kinds of writers and all kinds of methods, and any method that helps you to say what you want to say is the right method for you.

The game is won or lost on hundreds of small details.