Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.

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Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as...

Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people...

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all...

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing....

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing....

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

It's a scientific fact that if you stay in California you lose one point of...

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer,write

If you would be a reader, read; if a writer,write