If you liked a book, don’t meet the author.

It is difficult to write about a real person.

The trouble with Goodreads is that they never authenticate these quotations of famous people.

Fréquenter un écrivain, le connaître de près, dans l'espoir de mieux connaître son oeuvre était un exercice inutile et même destructeur.

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

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

There was never a good biography of a good novelist. There couldn't be. He is too many people if he's any good.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Someone who hasn't read a novel doesn't really know what it's about, William.

There’s nothing I need or want to know from the writers I admire that isn’t in their books. It’s better to read a good writer than meet one.

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.

Natanael, arroja mi libro; no te Satisfagas con él. No creas que tu verdad puede ser encontrada por otros; más que de todo, avergüénzate de eso.

One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.