“The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.”

“America is a land where men govern, but women rule.”

“The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.”

“The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.”

“No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.”

“To many people dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.”

“great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep creating art,become immortal.if you read this aft...”

“Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.”

“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on ...”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”