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

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all of the tricks and has nothing to say.

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.

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

he had been making an unsuccessful effort to write something about nothing in particular

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

Sometimes a writer, like an acrobat, must try a trick that is too much for him.

I do not like to write - I like to have written.

A writer who writes more than he reads is an amateur.

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

A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

If you think you are capable of living without writing, do not write,