Some of my greatest successes in business are simply the result of taking huge, calculated risks.
I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this., New York Times, April 19, 1992]
I like to make blank pages darker. It's this thing I do.
While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism.
You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.
To increase the chances of a writer trying to kill themselves, cut off their hands.
But perhaps people who liked to write aways made lists! Just for the fun of it.
Stop now and decide to never worry again about what others think about you.
Start having more confidence in yourself, and others will do the same.
Being blind is the worst possible thing and asking me to read and write no more is torture.
Have you noticed how prejudice still exists today? For instance, now they challenge famous people for their past achievements: People like Christopher Columbus and now even Vince Lombardi. Nothing sur...
A writer needs to ingest love to be passionate. Passion is a metabolite of love, and good writing is an active metabolite of passion.
The longer the waiting, the longer the wondering.
The Baby Name book can be a very dangerous tool in the hands of a prolific author.
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.
Do what you love, especially if your sharing the word
I have to declare in all candor that no one interested in being published in our time can afford to be so naive as to believe that a book will make it merely because it's good.
I realized I was officially a professional writer when all my plans began with "drink coffee" and ended with "take a nap.
I have great respect for you - once you are dead, and gone
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