Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks.

Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm.

"Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist. "

"For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me."

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.