writing
“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.”
“The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.”
“I have made this letter longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.”
“The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.”
“I write to discover what I know.”
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.”
“Satire is a lesson; parody is a game.”
“I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, and I speak like a child.”
“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”
“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
“I am myself the matter of my book.”
“I write for the same reason I breathe—because if I didn’t, I would die.”
“I am Providence.”
“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp.”
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.”
“We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task.”
“No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.”