The only good writer was a dead writer.

No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

No one ever reads a book. He
reads himself through books.

"Talkers never write. They go on talking." There

If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.

I could never stand to be a writer. Not a real writer. It's entirely too awful, having thoughts that refuse to become sentences.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.

No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence, or whose attitude is patronizing.

Writers are different,” said Waldegrave. “I’ve never met one who was any good who wasn’t screwy.