“You will write if you will write without thinking of the result in terms of a result, but think of the writing in terms of discovery, which is to say that creation must take place between the pen a...”

“It takes a lot of time to be a genius. You have to sit around so much, doing nothing, really doing nothing.”

“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.”

“I love my love with a b because she is peculiar.”

“Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. ”

“It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”